Example sentences of "have take [pron] a " in BNC.

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1 That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’
2 It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson .
3 It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving .
4 I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there .
5 Understanding the disk organisation has taken me a little time , but this has been amply repaid by the speed and ease of data storage which the hard disk gives me .
6 I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time .
7 " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations .
8 This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand .
9 Now I think that 's better than nothing , but I think one has to take it a stage further than that and say that erm the concepts and the processes in science do build logically one upon the other , in a coherent and meaningful way , and that 's important for teachers to appreciate what that meaningful sequence is and that , you know , the lucky dip idea is , as I have said , better than nothing , but it 's so much inferior to the notion that teachers should be aware that there is a progression in science and that they can teach children progressively from a very early age onwards and build meaningful knowledge upon meaningful knowledge .
10 Now I think that 's better than nothing , but I think one has to take it a stage further than that and say that erm the concepts and the processes in science do build logically one upon the other , in a coherent and meaningful way , and that 's important for teachers to appreciate what that meaningful sequence is and that , you know , the lucky dip idea is , as I have said , better than nothing , but it 's so much inferior to the notion that teachers should be aware that there is a progression in science and that they can teach children progressively from a very early age onwards and build meaningful knowledge upon meaningful knowledge .
11 Mark eliminates starter motor , battery , alternator , and ignition coil , and fixes in the end on an obscure switch which isolates the electrics from the gearbox and would have taken me a month to find — but , for the man who can , about three minutes .
12 ‘ Not so many years ago it would have taken me a little longer myself .
13 It may have taken me a long time to find out about him .
14 Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time .
15 I should have taken you a walk tonight .
16 Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility .
17 That had taken me a little time , partly as I was still sleepy , partly as I had so convinced myself Old Red had reported me .
18 It had taken her a long time to get over that .
19 Josey 's reaction had taken her a little by surprise .
20 It had taken them a while to find the taxi-driver .
21 He made me a desk with a roll-top and secret drawers and a matching leather stool ; a huge Tudor doll 's house with leaded windows and roses round the door , filled with hand-carved furniture ; a bow-windowed shop with a sign saying ‘ Lynne 's Store ’ and shelves stocked with dozens of tiny tins of Heinz products — it had taken him a year to cut out all the miniature Heinz logos from magazine adverts , which he had stuck to one-inch lengths of silver-painted dowelling .
22 It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife .
23 Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time .
24 I have taken it a stage further with the inclusion of many groups usually seen as problematic , linking them with more familiar body plans .
25 Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing !
26 Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection .
27 ‘ The Doctor just was n't at his best when St Jovite murdered him in Ireland and it 's taken him a while to get over that .
28 He 's taken it a step further too … producing a microchip that carries the individual voice pattern .
29 I have to take it a little at a time , it is so powerful .
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