Example sentences of "have take [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you realize , it has taken me two whole years to get you out here ? ’ |
| 3 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 4 | It has taken me fifty lifts to reach Pinjarra ; a name on the map you do not notice until fate holds you there . |
| 5 | This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult . |
| 6 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
| 7 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 8 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
| 9 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 10 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 11 | Caretaker boss Tony Parks eased the pressure after Mackay was sacked ; the enigmatic Dalglish has taken them four points clear at the top . |
| 12 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 13 | The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident . |
| 14 | It was an extraordinary development in an extraordinary saga and striker Gary Bull said : ‘ This has taken us all by surprise , although nothing comes as a shock at Barnet anymore . |
| 15 | There were plenty of hands for your Caledonian Canal , but it has taken us three months to assemble a workforce here at St Catherine 's Dock . |
| 16 | Sensibly the 18-year-old Glengormley rider has taken it all in his youthful stride and will contest the final round in Italy . |
| 17 | Dancing was a pleasure in itself , as holidays were , and if one has to take them alone or with friends , then why not face the music and — give it rock all ! |
| 18 | If you are a professional grower , this bud is merely one among thousands , and you will not have the time to fuss and mollycoddle it — the head comes off in one go , and the bud has to take it full blast . |
| 19 | Unless they 'd taken him captive . |
| 20 | Then , as if to prove she 'd taken it all down her gullet , she opened her mouth wide for his inspection . |
| 21 | I wished you 'd know , you could have took them Milky Way for |
| 22 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 23 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
| 24 | Making money on speculative stocks was a far more remote possibility than on British Telecom or TSB , although it might have taken them six months or longer to discover the bitter truth . |
| 25 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 26 | She supposed Elder Seth must have taken them all with him when he left in his motorwagon train . |
| 27 | If he was right , then Lorton 's ingenuity might well have taken him one step further . |
| 28 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 29 | ‘ So what did you do after that — it ca n't have taken you all day ? ’ |
| 30 | not having to take them all , I mean having to take them to court . |