Example sentences of "had [adv] take the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had obviously taken the wrong channel and become wedged on a rising shelf of rock strata which traversed the trough about fifty yards before it reached the lake surrounding the breakwater . |
| 2 | Especially as voiced by an American who had disloyally taken the wrong side in a war just successfully completed ‘ for democracy ’ , the sentiments must have seemed — in 1948 , when The Pisan Cantos appeared — nothing short of shameless ! |
| 3 | For ten months after his father 's death he had unquestioningly taken the same train home , cooked a meal to be eaten at 7.30 ( as he had always done when his parents were alive ) , watched television , made a cup of tea at 9.30 ( as he had done when his parents were alive ) , and gone to bed . |
| 4 | Imminence : of course he saw it before the impulse had even taken the first step on its journey from her mind to her body . |
| 5 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry . |