Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | Knowing he was in the right , that she had taken a stupid risk , only made things worse . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 13 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She knew she had taken an enormous risk in going to see Rose Maylie . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Dear Maura , she had taken the poor little thing under her wing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | … 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 . |
| 23 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 24 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ One was we had to take an international outlook rather than being a purely British company . |
| 26 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
| 27 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 28 | We crossed several large meadows before working along steep , loose flanks , rich with flowers but not a route for mules , wherever they were — they had taken a different line . |
| 29 | The closed blades were not smeared with blood , and nothing about the scissors screamed out that they had taken a human life . |
| 30 | Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself . |