Example sentences of "[pron] have take a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling .
2 ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’
3 Would I have to take a flexi-day to play for England ? … mmm , I wonder ?
4 I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure .
5 This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape .
6 But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man .
7 It was the first time I had taken a close look at him .
8 When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific .
9 out so you just , so maybe just , maybe , I 've taken a slight hard line to say no , people have got to make a wee bit effort too , but maybe in fact
10 ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim .
11 Yeah erm w what I 've done , I 've measured I 've taken an exact measurement ,
12 As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork .
13 Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’
14 She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’
15 He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House .
16 I have taken a long look at local government finance .
17 I have taken a particular reading of the work of both Lévi-Strauss and Barthes that emphasizes the influence of structuralist linguistics but points to the progression of these writers ' ‘ structuralism ’ away from linguistic analysis .
18 In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries .
19 A matter which has taken a great deal of time was the proposal before ITAC in relation to future arrangements for the Electronic Distribution of the Crown Court List .
20 We increasingly face a racism which avoids being recognized as such because it is able to link ‘ race ’ with nationhood , patriotism and nationalism , a racism which has taken a necessary distance from crude ideas of biological inferiority and superiority and now seeks to present an imaginary definition of the nation as a unified cultural community .
21 PC Week , which has taken a new interest in Unix since the Novell announcement and will reportedly even grace us with its presence at Uniforum , attacked Microsoft 's NT last week in a pair of front-page stories headlined ‘ NetWare Casts Shadow Over NT . ’
22 A company with similar beginnings to Star but which has taken a different direction is ACT , based in Birmingham .
23 According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up .
24 In the course of his visit Mandela addressed Congress and travelled to other US cities which had taken a strong anti-apartheid stance , including Atlanta , Georgia , where he visited the tomb of the Rev. Martin Luther King .
25 The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn .
26 Lillie next appears in the story addressing the 1965 meeting of the International Whaling Commission which had taken an intermittent and desultory interest in so-called humane killing of whales .
27 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
28 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
29 Olshan makes Susan a powerful , smart , sensual woman moving surefootedly through the opulent Westchester County jungle where the Kaplans live : she issues orders to the au pair , knows the Manhattan-Hartsdale train times , and deals honestly with a husband who has taken a sexual vacation from her on the very afternoon of the Rosen drowning .
30 Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support .
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