Example sentences of "have take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 2 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 3 | A few years earlier Aung San might possibly have taken to the jungle , bandit or resistance fighter according to one 's viewpoint , known only within a few miles of his own home . |
| 4 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 5 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 6 | Italy 's greatest modern industrialist , Enrico Mattei , used to have to take to the air in his private jet in order to get away from the telephone and think . |
| 7 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |
| 8 | Seeing me , it had taken to the air , clumsily at first , then with Increasing speed as its great wings beat it downriver to Rash . |
| 9 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |
| 10 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 11 | She led him stealthily up the path Rodomonte had taken to the summit . |
| 12 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 13 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |
| 14 | We had to take our own meals at all times , even when we had cups of tea we had to take to the station our own tea , sugar and milk , but there was always a large kettle during the winter months on a coal fire , and during the summer months on a gas ring . |
| 15 | Most chimp activity takes place at least within sight of the ground , but to film all the stages of a hunt , cameraman Mike Richards ( left ) also had to take to the air . |
| 16 | The reason is that hardened Staffordshire smokers ( and they come no harder ) have taken to the Nicotine patch and are driving their colleagues mad with frozen smiles and cries of : ‘ I 'm all right — I 've gone 73-and-a-quarter hours without one ’ . |
| 17 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 18 | A girl and a boy have taken to the forest ; they are to get them back . |
| 19 | It 's quite something , that Noreen 's taken to the typewriter , she hates it . |
| 20 | It is a roundabout route we have to take to the mountain , avoiding the horseshoe of high peaks that arc out from it . |