Example sentences of "[pron] have take [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has .
2 ‘ Basically , someone has to take a stand now otherwise all the single-teacher schools in the Borders could go in a very short time , ’ declared the association chairman , Annmarie Crowe , of St Abbs , yesterday .
3 Someone has to take the Ariadne home again , remember ?
4 They immediately brighten , become more animated and are often quite grateful that someone has taken the time to listen to them .
5 ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered .
6 I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat .
7 I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them .
8 I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that .
9 I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green .
10 I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march .
11 I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march .
12 at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’
13 I wish I 'd taken the money now ! finding I was pregnant scared me more than anything , because my sister Vanessa was also pregnant and saying to me , " I 'm pregnant — what am I going to do ? "
14 But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’
15 She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy .
16 She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't .
17 On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't .
18 I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy .
19 I tell ye , I was sorry I 'd taken the trouble . ’
20 I rather wish I 'd taken the step earlier .
21 ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’
22 And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing .
23 Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule .
24 So it just means I got ta , do I have to take the thing in with me ?
25 I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’
26 I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol .
27 ‘ I was so sick , I had to take a day off .
28 that was at four o'clock , I had to take a tablet .
29 Some of it got into the car and irritated my eyes : I had to take a hand off the steering wheel to rub them and it was almost wrenched out of my grasp as the car lurched into a hole in the road .
30 It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee .
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