Example sentences of "had take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
| 3 | But it had taken four years from the completion of that review for a decision to be made on the future of the RHA 's six asylums . |
| 4 | It had taken six telephone calls and much going to and fro before Peter and Susie finally arrived for their first counselling appointment . |
| 5 | In the old days it had taken six horses to haul a vehicle the two thousand yards from the bottom of the brae to its top . |
| 6 | Her preparations had taken six weeks . |
| 7 | The special , which had taken six months to plan , was axed after Best called United ‘ f***ing crap ’ and his former team-mate Bobby Charlton ‘ a miserable bastard ’ . |
| 8 | It had taken six years of incredibly hard work , masses of courage and a measure of despair , but she 'd done it ! |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | It was a chutzpah ; Zvi Lipsky had taken thirty years to build up his practice and reputation . |
| 11 | It was reported that Langer and Fernandez had taken 4 hours 25 minutes ; 15 minutes had been lost , a complete hole , on the match in front , yet neither player was disciplined . |
| 12 | The ascent had taken 4 hours ! |
| 13 | It had taken twenty-two years of hell to realise that their war was nothing to do with her , and that peacemakers got torn to pieces . |
| 14 | It was the first time that many of the sales force had seen the new range , which had taken one year to develop and would be launched into the market place within the next few weeks . |
| 15 | Either their flight had been delayed , or they had taken one look at this sober crew and retired aghast . |
| 16 | His mother , who had taken one look at the place when she first returned to France , had been firm . |
| 17 | Mr Hnatiuk had taken one look at the approaching Mrs Frizzell and had dived for cover into a knot of other businessmen . |
| 18 | On my first morning she had taken one look at me . |
| 19 | Mr Sands , a pale , shy young man , had taken one look at Mr Cochrane 's vivid servant girl and had fallen promptly into a deep and worshipful love for her , a fact written on his ingenuous face . |
| 20 | Dameta had taken one look at her heated countenance when she 'd emerged from the pleasance , and had ordered her to bed , muttering about fevers and the carelessness of wandering about in gardens without a mantle . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 24 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 25 | Vigno had taken two lumps of granite from the side of the hill and made us keep them in our mouths for three hours . |
| 26 | It had taken two hours . |
| 27 | I also bound up with my brochure , a number of photographs ; for I had taken two cameras abroad . |
| 28 | And then , when he said that , Viola Angotti had taken two steps forward . |
| 29 | He had taken two steps when the guns stopped . |
| 30 | However , Mr Everett said , it had taken two months to obtain the Giro for Emma . |