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 .
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