Example sentences of "[noun prp] have take the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The girl who worked the front of house had already gone home and Rose had to take the money out of the safe and open up the box office to give the patrons their money back .
32 In 1654 , only a year after Cromwell had taken the title of Lord Protector of the Commonwealth , the School was the stage for the preaching of the independent divine , Samuel Eaton , a remarkable orator , whose speeches against the Book of Common Prayer were said to be so powerful that his listeners would refuse to go to Church .
33 Miss Lofthouse had taken the wreaths from the Memorial .
34 Harry had to take the key from his pocket to remind himself .
35 One eyewitness said : ‘ Di had taken the corner into the school a bit wide and had stopped to avoid a car coming out .
36 In the past couple of years , Sir Bob Reid and John Welsby have taken the process to its logical conclusion in a further rejig called Organising for Quality .
37 It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland .
38 Huy had taken the job after ten days of waiting hopefully for word from Merymose .
39 By the 1880s the Rothschilds had taken the Vale of Aylesbury by storm .
40 Oriel Stainton-Kelly revealed that her daughter Francesca had taken the pig to school .
41 Oriel Stainton-Kelly revealed that her daughter Francesca had taken the pig to school .
42 As soon as Fosdyke had taken the pictures , she felt that she had shown him too much of her private life and put out her hand to receive them back .
43 ‘ After Emily had taken the dish out , anyone could have done it . ’
44 Wednesday had taken the lead with a Neil Thompson own-goal .
45 It was midway through a Friday afternoon , and Adele Venetz had taken the restaurant 's van to the cash-and-carry for all the last-minute supplies they 'd be needing for Saturday 's party catering job , leaving her sister and Alina to manage the business alone .
46 erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training .
47 Bob has taken the plunge & acquired a video recorder — masquerading as my birthday present to him .
48 And Carole has to take the others , I think there 's another ten in there .
49 Apart from having limited time to try and spread the gospel about the tournament in its magnificent venue , if , as should have happened , Jimmy Connors had played , if John McEnroe had survived his first round , if Pat Cash had looked better prepared and if , as certainly should have been the case , Jeremy Bates had taken the opportunity he had to upset Wimbledon quarter finalist , Thierry Champion , the whole picture may have looked so different .
50 In a comprehensive critique of the Government 's record , FoE says the claim made by Mr Nicholas Ridley as Environment Secretary that ‘ Britain had taken the lead ’ on environmental issues was absurd .
51 Peter had taken the flute from Tom , Tom was dancing with Alice and Jarvis capering with Jay , while Tina and Billy were half under the table in a clinch so tightly intertwined as to seem to make one person of them .
52 ‘ You ca n't fake bottled beer ; there 's no way you can put in something that 's innocuous and cap it , and part of the action was that Freddie had to take the cap off .
53 Meanwhile back in Wales , Philip Burton had taken the plunge , moved to Cardiff and gone to work full-time at the BBC as a producer .
54 Lewis had taken the news badly .
55 By October , Art Arfons had taken the land speed mark ( not wheel-driven but official ) to 544.1mph .
56 When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom .
57 Maria Shill had taken the room at George Grimsdale 's house in mid-November , with her three young children .
58 My lords of Strathearn and of Atholl have taken the rest of the horses to Rhind .
59 Any Dinda 's taken the camera .
60 Delyn MP David Hanson and Alyn and Deeside MP Barry Jones have taken the issue to the Welsh Office .
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