Example sentences of "i have take a " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green .
2 I 'd taken a band out of the independent scene and guided them and refined them .
3 I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march .
4 I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling .
5 I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that .
6 I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march .
7 I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat .
8 ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered .
9 Would I have to take a flexi-day to play for England ? … mmm , I wonder ?
10 ‘ I was so sick , I had to take a day off .
11 I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble .
12 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 .
13 I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train .
14 I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure .
18 I had to take a breather and a hoarse croak escaped me .
19 This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape .
20 that was at four o'clock , I had to take a tablet .
21 I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It was the first time I had taken a close look at him .
25 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 .
26 I had taken a letter of introduction from my own bench and from the Magistrates Association .
27 But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man .
28 I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house .
29 I 've taken a bearing on the monastery and radar station on Mount Elias there .
30 So what if I 've taken a jazz classic and clubbed it up ?
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