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 | 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 . |
| 9 | I had taken the Big C to Agincourt . |
| 10 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 11 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 18 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | Dear Maura , she had taken the poor little thing under her wing . |
| 26 | The diocese had found him a housekeeper , a Miss Lambe , who was as small and anxious as a hamster , and who had taken a tiny , remote bedroom as her burrow , and already filled it with crocheted mats and pictures of the Royal Family . |
| 27 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 28 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 29 | Mr Clare was telling his son about the new d'Urberville family who had taken the ancient name and lived near Trantridge . |
| 30 | Phil Tufnell celebrates the return catch which disposed of New Zealand 's Dipak Patel , who had taken the long handle to the left-arm spinner in the previous Test |