Example sentences of "[pron] had to take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 2 | Last time , I had to take the other route from Larne to Stranraer in Scotland . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ One was we had to take an international outlook rather than being a purely British company . |
| 7 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 8 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 9 | This was true even of the private apartments of the Imperial family , to such an extent that if the Emperor , while working late at night as he often did , wanted a book from his library , he had to take a lighted candle with him . |
| 10 | In between times during the day he had to take a short ladder , laid across the bike and make sure the lamps were clean . |
| 11 | Partly because he had to take the daily grind and brunt of this hugely assured and powerful boy 's pains of growth . |