Example sentences of "[pron] have take [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Apart from wanting the law or whatever to catch up with him ( which it did n't ) , I had taken little notice , and no interest , in John 's furtive and elaborate preparations for travel — the series of interviews with the Reverend Kreditor , for example . |
| 3 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 4 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 5 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 6 | yeah , erm , I do n't quite know what to do about this , this is , I 've taken some stuff out , if I can slide it down the |
| 7 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 8 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've taken another envelope : it 'll do for the next batch of typescript . ’ |
| 10 | I have to take each day as it comes . |
| 11 | ‘ I have to take this chance so that come Poland in September the manager 's got a difficult choice . ’ |
| 12 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 13 | I have taken that precaution . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 15 | I have taken this opportunity to point them out to the Minister and I hope that something good will come of it . |
| 16 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 17 | ( I have taken this summary of the plaintiff 's argument from the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. , at p. 324h . ) |
| 18 | For all the absence of Bakerthink in the classroom , it would be misleading to suggest that nobody had taken any notice of the Education Reform Act . |
| 19 | Nobody had taken any notice of me so far , but I did not mind that . |
| 20 | Once the transactions were over — transactions which had taken this house out of the hands of the Darlington family after two centuries — Mr Farraday let it be known that he would not be taking up immediate residence here , but would spend a further four months concluding matters in the United States . |
| 21 | The court held that the Convention did not ‘ supplant the application of the discovery provisions of the Federal Rules over foreign , Hague Convention State nationals , subject to in personam jurisdiction in a United States court ’ , and adopted most of the arguments deployed by earlier courts which had taken this view . |
| 22 | Unhappily , too , extended works which have taken much love and toil to compile can be a quarry for the despoiler , who will ruthlessly remove for separate sale topographical prints , autograph letters , etc. , which have much increased in value since the extra-illustration was carried out . |
| 23 | She has taken some point made by a friend whom she names — milia and develops it into a full essay . |
| 24 | If you 'd taken more care … ’ |
| 25 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
| 26 | The company , the future , Jamie … now you 've taken that burden from me , and I can relax at last , knowing it 's all safe . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Give me a chance to prove myself , Mrs Smelley , and then you would n't ‘ ave to come out in all weathers , when you suddenly discover you 've taken more bookin 's than you expected . ’ |
| 28 | That 's the important phrase , and if you find it 's easier to keep it mobile if you 've taken some paracetamol or aspirin , then by all means do that . |
| 29 | While we were bad off she had to take that job , my eldest daughter . |
| 30 | She had to take another look . |