Example sentences of "i have take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 3 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 4 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
| 5 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 6 | When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
| 8 | Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement , |
| 9 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
| 10 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 11 | She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’ |
| 12 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 13 | I have taken a particular reading of the work of both Lévi-Strauss and Barthes that emphasizes the influence of structuralist linguistics but points to the progression of these writers ' ‘ structuralism ’ away from linguistic analysis . |
| 14 | In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries . |