Example sentences of "he had take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big Gloucester builder was so badly battered in the World Cup campaign that he had to take six months off work — and he and self-employed forward Paul Rendall lost so much money that they successfully appealed for a hardship payment . |
| 2 | He rolled a little closer on the big feather mattress in the big brass bedstead , and put his arms round her — carefully , because he had to take special care of Ruth now . |
| 3 | When asked why it had taken him so long to change his view of IBM , Joseph Payne at Alex Brown & Sons said abruptly that he had to take another call and promised to call back later . |
| 4 | I said , I 'm afraid erm , you know , that so he , he had to take some time , er , we ha we took some time to find the book of the words which |
| 5 | He had had a successful academic career at Cambridge University , where he had taken successive degrees leading up to his PhD . |
| 6 | Zborowski told Carco how he had taken fifteen canvases to a merchant the other morning and wanted very little money for them , but the merchant sent him away … |
| 7 | Once he had taken that view he abdicated , albeit unconsciously , his responsibility to rule on the submissions made . |
| 8 | ‘ If he had taken that product , he would also have tested positive those other days as well , ’ Grollet said . |
| 9 | He had taken all Anna 's coloured chalks , so that she was reduced to standing and watching while he drew the pictures . |
| 10 | Mechanically he had taken each drink offered without thinking , for the simple reason that he had spent the entire journey staring out of the cabin window into the infinity of space . |
| 11 | Mr Lynch said he had taken legal advice on whether the 1912 Protection of Animals ( Scotland ) Act could be used against anyone found harassing the whales . |
| 12 | On her first day back at the studio , he had taken one look at her , pulled a sympathetic frown , and told her sternly , ‘ What you need , my girl , is to get down to some hard work and chase from your head whatever it is that 's bothering you . ’ |
| 13 | Williams leaped for a header which dropped over Ian Walker and just under the bar — with the keeper finding he had taken one step too many off his line . |
| 14 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 15 | It is not surprising that there is widespread protest against the sentence of two months ' imprisonment … passed on the Liverpool Constable who admitted that he had taken four oranges , worth threepence , from a shed in the West Canada Dock … pilfering by the Police is a different matter from the same offence committed by a street urchin . |
| 16 | He had taken great pains to make it attractive ; green candles in crystal holders stood waiting to be lit and in the centre was a bowl of white miniature roses , their heads like pale ghosts against the polished wood . |
| 17 | It is then up to the Minister to defeat the defence by proving that he had taken reasonable steps to bring the purport of the instrument to the notice of the public or of persons likely to be affected by it , or of the person charged . |
| 18 | He had taken two steps when the guns stopped . |
| 19 | Neville Chamberlain returned that day from France , where he had taken ten days ' rest , and the last session of Baldwin 's leadership began . |
| 20 | And in the Manse behind him was a girl , a child whom he had taken last night in a fit of lust and self-pity . |
| 21 | Vaguely he wished that he had taken more interest in old science . |
| 22 | In 1981 Surridge became a genial and hearty president of the club for which he had taken 464 wickets ( 29.64 ) and 360 catches ( 58 in 1952 and 56 in 1955 ) and scored 3697 runs ( 13.02 ) . |
| 23 | He had taken this attitude himself , but was finding it very uncomfortable to maintain , after his long years of quiet in the bush , untroubled by anything worse than wind or weather . |
| 24 | And , once he had taken three months off to play for England in Australia , the rumour seemed to have died the death . |
| 25 | But he had taken three years to get there . |
| 26 | There can be little doubt for instance that the doubtfulness or downright hostility felt towards Eliot by some Americans , particularly in recent decades , derives from the sort of American Eliot was — and remained , long after he had taken British citizenship . |
| 27 | But he had taken enormous risks . |
| 28 | However , he had taken several precautions to distance his own image from that of the nomenklatura as a whole . |
| 29 | Questions to determine whether he had taken any steps to prevent him driving may be necessary , such as ‘ Where are the ignition keys ? ’ or ‘ Is anybody else in charge of this vehicle ? ’ |
| 30 | He had taken some comfort from the fact that he had been the last man to board the cage , so at least he could watch Yorky and the others exit , before his turn came . |