Example sentences of "[pers pn] has take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An elderly lady , a writer of crime-stories , was featured ; for years she has taken regular night walks , striding out for miles through the city of London , observant of everything around her . |
| 2 | She has taken some point made by a friend whom she names — milia and develops it into a full essay . |
| 3 | And then she said , when you said , well you wo they wo n't , I said , everyone knows because she said , by the time we has taken those people home , it would have been dark . |
| 4 | His ‘ devils ’ prepare for him notes of his material but once he has gone into court he has to take entire responsibility on his own shoulders . ’ |
| 5 | As he has to take another coach , it means we can transport only two or three boxers to shows . |
| 6 | He has taken industrial Kee Klamp fittings ( for joining metal tubes ) and added extra components to produce innovative kits for chunky original designs . |
| 7 | Very broadly stated , it is a duty to treat the trespasser with ordinary humanity … the occupier is not at fault if he has done as much as is required of him , if he has taken reasonable steps to deter the trespasser from entering or remaining on the premises , or part of the premises , in which he will encounter a dangerous situation . |
| 8 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 9 | The dog will feel that he has taken one step up the ladder if he is allowed into your sleeping quarters . |
| 10 | Well apart from attaining a Flying Instructors ticket along with his Basic Commercial Pilot 's Licence , Commercial Pilot 's Licence and Air Transport Pilot 's Licence , this year he has taken many performance category ratings . |
| 11 | On 24 occasions , he has taken 15 reds , 15 blacks and all the colours . |
| 12 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
| 13 | Since he has taken most wickets against Pakistan it is no surprise that a Pakistani , Mudassar Nazar , is Kapil Dev 's Test ‘ rabbit ’ , having fallen to him 12 times . |
| 14 | He has taken three characters to make the basis of this chapter . |
| 15 | In 57 overseas Tests , he has taken 197 wickets at 32.70 . |
| 16 | ‘ It does n't matter who you are , it has to take that period of time . |
| 17 | Its parallel body , the Emerging Issues Task Force , is notable for the way in which it has taken anticipatory action in time to head off expected abuses . |
| 18 | It has taken 13 years to come to this position . |
| 19 | In the past it has taken great efforts by the Merseyside and Greater Manchester police to keep supporters apart in what is widely thought to be the most intense antagonism in the League . |
| 20 | It has taken 10 years for Robert and John Woodward , two brothers in the village of Wotton-under-Edge , to piece together replicas of the 1,500,000 coloured clay tesserae of the mosaic , using nearly 300 photographs of the original . |
| 21 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |
| 22 | It is remarkable that the talks have got so far , even if it has taken six years to get within touching distance of a deal . |
| 23 | Now we know that Antarctic bottom water is formed here in the Webber Sea and the samples that I 've been talking about were taken here in the South Georgia basin , so we can see that it has taken seventeen years for the water to travel from here to here . |
| 24 | It has taken real courage for the 26-year-old Good 'ol Boy from Dardanelle , Arkansas , to admit his alcohol dependency to the world , turn his back on tournament golf for now and reach for help instead of his enormous metal driver . |
| 25 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 26 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |
| 27 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 28 | It has taken many years for these professionals to gain recognition and acceptance . |
| 29 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 30 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |