Example sentences of "[pron] had take [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure . |
2 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
3 | Last time , I had to take the other route from Larne to Stranraer in Scotland . |
4 | ‘ I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said . |
5 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
6 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
9 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
10 | I had taken the Big C to Agincourt . |
11 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
12 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn . |
15 | One training organisation , which had taken a twenty three percent cut in funds in 1990 ninety one , had to take a further twenty percent cut this year , and the people who are worst affected by these cuts were the very people that the Tory Party had been crying crocodile tears over for so long . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
18 | Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest . |
19 | If she had taken a tougher line with them at once , they would have known where to stop . |
20 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
21 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
22 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
23 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
24 | She had taken an immediate liking to the Vicar , the Reverend Geoffrey Brighouse , an ex-naval officer who had matters well-organised and from whom , she had quickly realised , she could learn a lot . |
25 | With her husband she had taken an active part in the publications of the Pali Text Society , both in Pali , the classical language of Buddhism , and in English . |
26 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
27 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
28 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
29 | Now that she had taken the first steps , she was not so much afraid . |
30 | There was not a doubt in his mind as to where she had taken the fifth picture on the film . |