Example sentences of "have take [pron] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if they take as long to do it I mean good heavens there 's been one clanking manhole cover at Halam and it has taken them weeks to do it . |
| 2 | It 's something that has taken us years to do and he has to do it in five minutes . ’ |
| 3 | Reed has taken his chance to impress and win the place that might have gone to England 's Wade Dooley , who has returned home after the death of his father . |
| 4 | But promising newcomer Victor Ubogu has taken his shirt leaving the older hand desperate to push his case for the Barbarians against the world champions , Australia . |
| 5 | Shannon was pleased to welcome the warmth of the flames , but his easy success with a task she knew would have taken her hours irritated her still further and she shot him a withering look . |
| 6 | It 's tremendous really , it 's an unbelievable relief for me , it would have taken me months to get used to a new cue , that 's the only cue I 've ever had er since I started playing eight years ago . |
| 7 | That taunting , dismissive tone must have taken him years to perfect , she thought irritably . |
| 8 | JM : I think that that 's a very clever pun and must have taken you ages to think up . |
| 9 | I 've taken your agenda have I . |
| 10 | She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit . |
| 11 | She had entered into the union for her own reasons and she had taken her marriage vows with no thoughts other than to be a dutiful wife to him and to give him the happiness he deserved . |
| 12 | It had taken her days to invent this one . |
| 13 | It had taken her months to get used to eating so late and so many times a day . |
| 14 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 15 | Charlie 's scrimshaw was particularly beautiful , an art that had taken him years to perfect and of which he was extremely proud . |
| 16 | Those Russians who had taken his room did not pursue , but from the upper storey and outbuildings at the back came the curses , shots and screams of men in mortal combat . |
| 17 | He was proud of his father , who was an earl and a king , but he wished his father stayed in Orkney all summer , as Otkel did , who had taken his son fighting once , when pirates tried to take over Foula . |
| 18 | They suggest that where citation errors are perpetuated , it is likely that authors have taken their reference lists from the lists of others , without checking , or without consulting , the works cited . |
| 19 | Dave Carlson , head of information systems at Kmart since 1982 , thinks that retailers have taken their time confronting the managerial implications of this . |
| 20 | Erm , live in Manchester , my natural place is Stockport which is , a little just outside Stockport , where I 've lived Erm , it 's taken me years to live |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , it 's taken me years to get where I am . |
| 22 | yeah and he said oh and well I sure was lucky cos here comes a lift and he gets in , he goes right , he 's taken his prize jogs about fifteen yards and says bye thanks for the lift and he stood about fifteen yards further on from the street , there 's bits in it that is fucking funny , he 's made it rich and all this and he 's happy bloke , he get 's his girl friend |