Example sentences of "i have [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 2 | I wish I 'd never taken Maurin 's money , but all I can do now is keep quiet and wait for it to end . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He is n't our dog , but he lives next door to us , ’ she explained , ‘ so I suppose I 'd better take charge of him and see that he does n't do any more mischief . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 5 | Amid the furore over the French deal for Normandin and Auque , Joelle Kauffman and I had both taken part via satellite in The Time , The Place , which discussed whether the British Government was right to say ‘ No deals ’ . |
| 6 | I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've already taken care of your flight . |
| 8 | but I 've just took number five out and put it back in box , cos it tells you number five , number three |
| 9 | ‘ We 've been through all this already — I 've never taken drugs in my life ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've only taken David shopping once . |
| 11 | ‘ I have since taken maternity leave for a second time and now also work to some extent from home . |
| 12 | Casements on eternity , these great patient masterpieces ought to calm the mind and nourish the spirit , but seldom do , and its rare that I emerge from the National Gallery feeling I have really taken advantage of what 's on offer . |
| 13 | Crawford explained , ‘ Throughout my acting career , I have always taken notes of myself from directors and from actors . |