Example sentences of "have be take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the latest in our occasional series , Inside the Globe , Wesley Smith has been taking a look behind the scenes at the Weather Department . |
| 2 | Kim Barnes has been taking a look at what went wrong , and at the hopes for the New Year . |
| 3 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has been taking a break from the Bosnian crisis , to tackle less troubled waters closer to home . |
| 4 | This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) . |
| 5 | In Ulster the application of the theory has been taken a stage further and much effort has been spent , in addition , on ways to discredit and alienate non-terrorist opponents of the government from their host populations . |
| 6 | I 'd been taking a bucket of slack to the washhouse where all the women were gathered gossiping . |
| 7 | At first , this suggestion seemed to apply to all accounts — which certainly would have been taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut — but it has now been narrowed down to those of ‘ public interest ’ companies , with a fairly generous definition of which companies are of public interest . |
| 8 | ‘ Something is wrong , Fabia ? ’ he asked urgently , leaving his stance over by the French window where he must have been taking a look outside , to come over to her . |
| 9 | The woman had not looked like a prostitute , besides which had that been the case Fedorov 's driver should have been taking a walk along the quay , or just sitting gazing tactfully ahead . |
| 10 | Amis has only three definite things in his life ; his skills , his van , and his career plan , and all of them seem to have been taking a beating over the past few weeks . |
| 11 | Morse had not started the crossword yet ( ‘ Ichabod' this week ) , but just to the right of it Lewis noticed a brief item on a fatal accident at the Marston Ferry Road traffic lights : a young student who had been taking a crash course in EFL . |
| 12 | Builder Dave Young , wife Jane and son Paul , three — who had been taking a dip in the hotel pool — were left with just the costumes they had on . |
| 13 | Sir Robin Day , who had been taking a nap on a sofa in the BBC room in the balcony , was hurriedly awakened . |
| 14 | Ann had been taking an antidepressant for 6 months without much benefit . |
| 15 | All of us young people , even unbelievers , had been taking an interest in Thomism . |
| 16 | One wartime May queen had just heard that her brother had been taken a prisoner-of-war , but insisted on going ahead with her duties . |
| 17 | In recent weeks we 've been taking a look at our Sussex heritage , and asking questions about conservation and preservation in our county . |
| 18 | It 's just all sore and I 've been taking a pain here this week . |
| 19 | Oxford schoolchildren have been taking a peek behind the scenes at Sainsburys today as part of the Green Consumer Day . |
| 20 | You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently . |
| 21 | Glenn Hoddle and his men have been taking a break in Spain this week , so let ; s hope their ready and willing to kill the Posh off tomorrow . |
| 22 | We have been taking a lot of coal out these last few days , everyone has been putting the hours in . |