Example sentences of "have take [pron] [noun] [to-vb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | That taunting , dismissive tone must have taken him years to perfect , she thought irritably . |
| 6 | JM : I think that that 's a very clever pun and must have taken you ages to think up . |
| 7 | It had taken her days to invent this one . |
| 8 | It had taken her months to get used to eating so late and so many times a day . |
| 9 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 10 | Charlie 's scrimshaw was particularly beautiful , an art that had taken him years to perfect and of which he was extremely proud . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , it 's taken me years to get where I am . |