Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We considered that he ought to have taken these points during the hearing itself and , in so far as they were of a technical procedural nature , he had waived his right to advance them because he was content to allow the full two-day hearing to take place without complaining at the outset that he had been prejudiced by short notice of the hearing or by any procedural irregularity in the way the preliminary issue had been brought before the court .
2 He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice .
3 He 's a sadistic man — he must have taken great pleasure in working over Joe last night . "
4 Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage .
5 If it had been grey and raining and chilly he might have taken one look at Wyvis Hall and turned tail and fled to Crete or Delos or somewhere .
6 Because Brutus was such an idealistic character he felt that he would have to take important steps towards saving Rome from the evil grasp of Caesar .
7 Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action .
8 At thirty-one , he remarks to Louise — a parenthesis to a hypothesis — that if he had ever had a son , he would have taken great pleasure in procuring women for him .
9 If Paul had known what was to befall him on his way to Damascus , he would have taken another road .
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