Example sentences of "[pron] have take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to take each day as it comes . |
| 2 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 3 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I have to take this chance so that come Poland in September the manager 's got a difficult choice . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 7 | I have taken that precaution . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 9 | ‘ I have taken human life , ’ she cried . |
| 10 | I have taken this opportunity to point them out to the Minister and I hope that something good will come of it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( I have taken this summary of the plaintiff 's argument from the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. , at p. 324h . ) |
| 13 | They are like scraps from a tailor 's cutting room which have taken clumsy wing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Money also serves to bribe the officials who have to take this decision . |
| 16 | The flow of East German refugees swelled during the 24 hours to Sunday morning from the normal 500-600 to 1,184 , bringing the number who have taken that route since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 35,000 . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing is more remarkable ’ , wrote Wellesley , ‘ than the apathy of the people who have taken neither side of the question but look on the quarrel as to be one between the army and the king . ’ |
| 18 | An " international brigade " of young environmentalists who have taken direct action against the construction work have in turn been attacked by a " valley militia " of locals who support the development . |
| 19 | The historians who have taken this line have identified Eleanor and her eldest daughter , Marie , Countess of Champagne ( 1140–98 ) , as the outstanding patrons of this dangerous movement . |
| 20 | Erm , er , and he got a ticket , and he had to , you know , you have to take this ticket to the Police Station for not having worn his seat-belt . |
| 21 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
| 22 | If you have taken the recommended Norwich Union insurance cover you must make an insurance claim under the Legal Expenses section in respect of any legal fees incurred abroad for that purpose , and if you have taken alternative insurance , you must do likewise under any Legal Expenses cover provided by it . |
| 23 | N.B. You may make a claim if your cancellation falls within the terms of the insurance policy negotiated by HCI with the Norwich Union , if you have taken that cover . |
| 24 | Do please inform the office if you have taken this course and passed the examination . |
| 25 | We have to take great care to select the visual environment so that its effect can be measured . |
| 26 | ‘ We have received £350 from the district council , and hopefully £350 will come from the county council , but I think we have to take each stage as it arises . ’ |
| 27 | If we want studies of sex difference to work towards our liberation rather than perpetuating our subordination , we have to take this problem very seriously . |
| 28 | I believe we have to take this aspect of the Spirit very seriously today . |
| 29 | Yes , I think we have to take any situation like this , not just the major ones like war , but any situation that we come across and use it as a real opportunity for learning , and maybe for adults to be able to do the things that they did n't do when they were children , which is why now we often respond as child in these situations . |
| 30 | We have to take more time to explain clearly what they are getting and paying for . ’ |