Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun] to the " in BNC.

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1 Best reckons there wo n't be much between the sides at Murrayfield , having been impressed by the Welsh commitment against his own team — ‘ We knew they would come at us , and they certainly did , though we should still have won ’ — while he has taken a liking to the revamped Scottish pack .
2 Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has .
3 He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted .
4 Once , she 'd taken a hammer to the headlamp of his motorcycle .
5 Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself .
6 She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't .
7 On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't .
8 He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced .
9 The resulting shot , taken by Pascal would have taken the goalkeeper to the back of the net as well had he got near to it .
10 Having taken the game to the Baa-Baas at the start of the second half they deserved their try by Damian Griffiths , although the revival was brief .
11 Did you have to take a lot to the pawn shop ? .
12 Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves .
13 However if evil were merely a hateful and external power without echo in the hearts of the good , then someone might have to take the Ring to the Cracks of Doom , but it need not be Frodo : Gandalf could be trusted with it , while whoever went would have only to distrust his enemies , not his friends and not himself .
14 ‘ Well , she 's usually particular who rides Leopold , but she seems to have taken a shine to the boy .
15 I 've taken a dislike to the colour .
16 ‘ I 've taken the tape to the police , of course , and told them about my cat , but that 's all .
17 Most of all , he 's frightened about losing the players who 've taken the club to the top of the Third Division .
18 With research in mind and with the aid of a fellowship , in 1940 , Williams had taken a journey to the Caribbean where he visited Cuba , Haiti , Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic .
19 Meanwhile Rachel had taken a taxi to the museum ; she had entered by the back door and exchanged a smile with the doorkeeper .
20 We had taken a taxi to the Sharia el-Azhar from where the buses depart .
21 One of these missing persons was still lying ( lying still , rather ! ) in the police mortuary in St Aldate 's ; the other person , with Morse 's full permission , had that afternoon departed by train for London , not stopping on this occasion ( as he had claimed to have stopped earlier ) at Didcot Parkway , but travelling straight through — past Reading , Maidenhead , Slough — to Paddington , whence he had taken a taxi to the Tour Company HQ in Belgravia in order to discuss the last wishes and the last rites of his erstwhile legal spouse , Mrs Laura Mary Stratton .
22 At the end of those ten minutes , though , they had taken a turn to the right , then one to the left , and it was apparent that Naylor knew his way around the area .
23 He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present .
24 When the traitor scum , the creatures of the Al Daawa al Islamiya , last tried to assassinate the Chairman , six of the Guard had been killed , the Colonel had taken a bullet to the stomach , but the Chairman had survived untouched .
25 But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy .
26 While some sailors said they had taken an oath to the Soviet Union and would never take another , others said they would serve in any fleet as long as the pay was right .
27 English Nature said afterwards that it had taken the case to the Lords in search of a definitive ruling .
28 I spoke to the boy who had taken the telegram to the Hall .
29 Within 18 months he had taken the club to the FA Cup semi-final and their highest League position in the club 's 87-year history .
30 They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much
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