Example sentences of "[pers pn] have take [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 32 | This morning she had started out late for Pack Meeting , so instead of going by the woodland path , which was a long way round , she 'd taken the direct route by road and arrived in time . |
| 33 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 34 | I do n't believe it 's just me you 've taken a violent dislike to — ’ |
| 35 | ‘ You 've taken a fair prize there , ’ he said dispassionately , ‘ if he live . |
| 36 | You 've taken the full course at the Academy of Marksmanship . |
| 37 | SERAFIN : You 've taken the inverted commas off ? |
| 38 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 41 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 ? |
| 48 | Dear Maura , she had taken the poor little thing under her wing . |
| 49 | It all made sense , the relationship between non-Aristotelian logic and the banality of the American way of life : you had to take a detached view of the culture ; you were n't in love with it and you did n't hate it . |
| 50 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 51 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 52 | ‘ The thing about it is ’ , the fellow said , ‘ you have to take a deep breath to light up , and that does it , that stops the crying . ’ … |
| 53 | Instead , you have to take a long-term view , realising that although you can not enjoy them as fresh flowers for very long , you will be able to admire a beautiful picture for many years to come . |
| 54 | " You have to spend some time on the practice tee , and you have to take a different approach every day . |
| 55 | Curiously , his other life as a painter could be part of the explanation : ‘ If you 're an artist you have to take the holistic view , ’ he suggests . |
| 56 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |
| 57 | When you have taken a good look around , return to the lane , and choose another gate . |
| 58 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
| 59 | It appears that you have taken the real content of my personal views out of their true context and treated them with an interpretation that I least expected . |
| 60 | At the end of the call , quickly run through what has been said , to make sure that you have taken the right order or been given the correct information . |