Example sentences of "have take a [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following lists other areas in which the Council has taken a lead and , to varying degrees , also involves local authority land . |
| 2 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |
| 3 | He 'd taken a chance and he 'd been found out . |
| 4 | They 'd taken a ballot and the members had agreed . |
| 5 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 6 | It would have taken a minute or so to operate the computer . |
| 7 | A real thief would have taken a screwdriver and levered off the clasps . |
| 8 | And he may have taken a drink or two to steady his nerves . |
| 9 | If the makeup of the whole of a person 's being was represented by a frozen block of egg yolks and whites ( colour coded — dyed different colours ) then any other person wishing to investigate and make conscious or broadcast his feelings upon this being might have to take a sample or sliver through the block or might collect a number of such slivers , some from other people 's different angle scanning of that being , then I would suggest that the picture of flat slivers built up would in no way give the many complex proportions of shapes originally in the block . |
| 10 | He , of course , would have to take a glass or two , enough to make him moderately sick , but that would be a small price to pay for finishing off Elinor , not to mention Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet and Nazi Who Escaped justice at Nuremberg . |
| 11 | So she would have to she was to given up her career in acting , she may have to take a view and give up singing totally for a while . |
| 12 | McFarlane was said to have taken a cake and a Bible on the trip . |
| 13 | It had taken a year and a half to find out , but now — at last — I was sure . |
| 14 | He had taken a pace or two when something tugged at the shoulder of his coat . |
| 15 | In previous years the British Independent Programme Producers Association had taken a stand and we were initially distressed to find that this was not to be the case in 1990 — a decision based on the exorbitant cost ( they will retain a stand at MIP-TV ) . |
| 16 | Martha had taken a stand and Will had given way . |
| 17 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 18 | The part of the city through which they were walking reminded Zen of Venice , but a Venice brutally fractured , as though each canal were a geological fault and the houses to either side had taken a plunge or been wrenched up all askew and left to tumble back on themselves , throwing out buttresses and retaining walls for support as best they could . |
| 19 | This crisis was not so much averted as won by the progressives , but only after Pope Paul had taken a hand and , on the issues that Suenens had wished to put to the vote , the progressives won a clear majority on 30 October . |
| 20 | At last I found it in the stern of the barge , a hole the size of a man 's fist as if someone had taken a hammer and smashed through the bottom . |
| 21 | From the wall above the fireplace he had taken a gun and shot Troy , who now lay very still . |
| 22 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 23 | I had to take a breather and a hoarse croak escaped me . |
| 24 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 25 | he 's taken a bite and he 's fucking spurting water all over the |
| 26 | The point is that sometimes it ca n't be avoided — there are some issues which are so important that you have to take a stand and say to hell with how people react . |
| 27 | ‘ In extreme heat you have to take a breather and slow things down . |