Example sentences of "have take a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 2 | He must have taken a thousand pictures with people . |
| 3 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ After I 've taken a few pictures . |
| 5 | It had taken a hundred firemen from three counties to bring the blaze under control , and it destroyed half the British armed forces stock of parachutes.Senior Aircraftman Douglas Bailey had drunk the equivalent of seventeen pints of beer . |
| 6 | They could add more tea once he had taken a few sips . |
| 7 | It had taken a few days to persuade her ladyship to accept change , for she had for so long been used to living in squalor that she could not at first accustom herself to an altered way of life . |
| 8 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 9 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 10 | I have to take a few digs — as well as the compliments . |