Example sentences of "he have taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest .
2 He has taken a marked fancy to you , my dear , ’ pursued the other .
3 He has taken a marked fancy to my expectations , she might have said .
4 Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet :
5 Edgar wicket keeper , innkeeper and redoubtable raconteur confided some time after midnight that to help run in his pain-free new hip joint he 'd taken an early morning paper round in Aycliffe village .
6 He had taken a great deal of trouble .
7 The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread !
8 It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back .
9 At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged .
10 He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints .
11 Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class .
12 An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery .
13 It was where he had taken a vivacious Puerto Rican paediatrician , Carmen Rodriguez , on their first date .
14 ‘ Sit down , ’ said Stone , after he had taken a large mouthful of the whisky .
15 I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation .
16 Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned .
17 He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment .
18 After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne .
19 In September of that year , he had taken a high line with Henry VIII , letting him trundle up to York only to gaze north at an empty road , for James , probably at the persuasion of his council , failed to keep his appointment with the English king .
20 He had taken a deliberate risk with his own life .
21 He had taken an instant dislike to both Bodie and Doyle , not only because they had bungled the surveillance job on the van containing his potential assassins , but because they dressed casually , more suited to a Sunday afternoon jog than the serious business of the Secret Service .
22 After a few seconds , he crumpled the aluminium with a sudden grip of his fist , as though he had taken an important decision .
23 I could see he had taken an intense dislike to Monsieur Vauban .
24 Richard Clutterbuck is a lecturer in Law in our School of Social Sciences at the University , and he 's taken a particular interest into legal aspects of violence in society .
25 Mm oh he 's taken a big chunk of the grass .
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