Example sentences of "i had take [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was so sick , I had to take a day off .
2 I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble .
3 It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee .
4 I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train .
5 I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’
6 I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol .
7 Some of it got into the car and irritated my eyes : I had to take a hand off the steering wheel to rub them and it was almost wrenched out of my grasp as the car lurched into a hole in the road .
8 I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure .
9 I had to take a breather and a hoarse croak escaped me .
10 This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape .
11 that was at four o'clock , I had to take a tablet .
12 As he says in his autobiography , ‘ I had to take every race as it came and just try to win it because whatever happened to Niki — and the Ferrari was not relevant to me at that point .
13 So I had to take an eye test , I remember .
14 I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said .
15 That is why I had to take the call .
16 After the breakfast things had been washed up I had to take the milk separator to bits and wash each part and dry them in front of the fire and then put them together again ready for the night 's milking .
17 Last time , I had to take the other route from Larne to Stranraer in Scotland .
18 This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing .
19 I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view .
20 I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon .
21 I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess .
22 I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them .
23 It was the first time I had taken a close look at him .
24 When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific .
25 I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association .
26 But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man .
27 I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house .
28 Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda .
29 I had taken the Big C to Agincourt .
30 It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less .
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