Example sentences of "have [adv] take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 2 | The Library Association has thus taken a consistent position on censorship over a period of at least 25 years . |
| 3 | Neil Young has just taken a three-minute break between the arrival of the NME and the departure of Radio 1 's Johnny Walker . |
| 4 | Only four results left and so far Lenny Henry has just taken a clear lead from Victoria Wood . |
| 5 | The Prince of Wales , who like the Sultan has a passion for polo , has already taken a close interest in the environmental impact of destruction of the world 's rainforests , a key factor in global warming . |
| 6 | Liz has always taken a great deal of interest in make-up and admits to being ‘ so vain that I wear Revlon 's Aqualash waterproof mascara when diving ’ . |
| 7 | The industry has also taken a neanderthal attitude towards the training and further education of its workers . |
| 8 | In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics . |
| 9 | Another senior police officer who more than once captured the headlines , James Anderton , Chief Constable of Greater Manchester , decrying ‘ the rot that has now taken a firm hold in the fabric of our society ’ , was so moved as to describe crime as Britain 's ‘ Top Growth Industry ’ . |
| 10 | However , the problems were so huge and required so much finance that other resources were required and the European Community has now taken a leading role . |
| 11 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 12 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |
| 13 | But if anyone should try to get the better of Jimmy Dick , they 'd better take a lengthy piece of cutlery with them . |
| 14 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 15 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 16 | JASON Livingston 's future in athletics looks even more bleak following his reported newspaper ‘ confession ’ that he must have inadvertently taken a banned steroid before the Olympics . |
| 17 | The main cause for concern was the dominant role of France , which had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 and had since taken an independent line in defence matters . |
| 18 | The controversy stemmed from an equivocal statement on the coup by the BSP on Aug. 19 , and the perception that the party had only taken a clear stand when the coup began to crumble . |
| 19 | It had only taken a few weeks for Lucy Ashdown to become one of the more useful ringers on Charlie 's list of reserves . |
| 20 | So anyone who wants to study competition , travel and world capitalism in the 1980s for a PhD programme in fifty years time had better take a good look now . |
| 21 | Having lost some of the true Christian Scientist 's sanguinity about money and the faith that good Scientists should be able to demonstrate prosperity , she suggested faintly that Harriet had better take a secretarial course and equip herself to earn what she called a hat allowance , by which she meant a living . |
| 22 | On Channel 2 , the unctuous host of the Gerry Springer chat show had apparently taken a serious oil overdose as he presided over a freak show of truly terrible cases of giantism and dwarfism by telling his goggle-eyed studio viewers they were each of them there ‘ so that next time we may understand and empathise when we meet a woman 7ft 10ins tall . ’ |
| 23 | He had already taken a major decision : he would stay in Vienna . |
| 24 | The multi-billion-pound business had already taken a severe thrashing last year , as the outside world began to shrink away from growing violence . |
| 25 | I 've already taken a considerable risk by telling you this much . |
| 26 | I 've already took a half day off flexy leave to have my driving test last week |
| 27 | It it 's a part of the county council I 've always taken a considerable interest in , and I support them in all their efforts . |
| 28 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 29 | My grandfather had always taken a keen interest in my work , and I had an equal admiration of the stories of his time spent in Burma during the Second World War . |
| 30 | In the summer of 1921 she moved permanently to Ireland , in which country 's affairs she had always taken a keen interest . |