Example sentences of "have take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd have took that icing off that cake was as moist as anything , I could have re-marzipanned that |
| 2 | I should have taken better care of you . ’ |
| 3 | He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice . |
| 4 | He 's a sadistic man — he must have taken great pleasure in working over Joe last night . " |
| 5 | At thirty-one , he remarks to Louise — a parenthesis to a hypothesis — that if he had ever had a son , he would have taken great pleasure in procuring women for him . |
| 6 | Kold will have taken great encouragement from last weekend 's results at Wembley when his Danish players won two of the five titles , as there was undoubtedly some concern in European badminton after the Asians completely dominated the Barcelona finals . |
| 7 | But North Tyneside , the region 's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news . |
| 8 | Almost all freeholders would have taken strong exception to the suggestion that their support had been purchased , and this was as true of those gentlemen who had recently obtained posts for themselves or their sons as it was for those who had been less fortunate . |
| 9 | They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) . |
| 10 | For a soft-shoulder Sunday mechanic like me it would have taken all day , but most of the jobs are incredibly simple to the man who can , who served his time with Ford and spent years at London Transport . |
| 11 | Monday dinner was always cold meat , for the washing would have taken all morning . |
| 12 | It would have taken first prize at the Policeman 's Ball . |
| 13 | Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage . |
| 14 | If it had been grey and raining and chilly he might have taken one look at Wyvis Hall and turned tail and fled to Crete or Delos or somewhere . |
| 15 | I should hope that anyone of lesser climbing ability that Mr Lee would have taken one look at the gully and decided that conditions were unfavourable . |
| 16 | Home Office pathologist Dr Alan Williams told the inquest that the dead man could have taken one rogue tablet , or tablets from a highly-concentrated batch . |
| 17 | ‘ They could have taken that book from you by force , ’ Iain suggested . |
| 18 | Treasury should be followed , but they may have taken that view precisely because , so far as B was concerned , it was a case of questions being put to a person who had been charged . |
| 19 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 20 | Yes I think that may be right my Lord , indeed er if we succeed on the way out , get get out of the contract point then of course the plaintiff 's case is that they would have taken that advice and would not have entered into the contract a and therefore on that basis they are entitled to be compensated on the basis that all the losses they unnecessarily incurred by having , being forced to complete , should be recoverable , subject to er litigation of loss and . |
| 21 | Certainly , it is not easy to see on what basis the magistrate could have taken that fact into account when deciding whether or not to commit the applicant ; for the point only arises if there was sufficient evidence to justify the committal , in which event the magistrate was bound under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to commit the applicant . |
| 22 | Other businesses may obtain their terms from a trade association or similar organisation , in which case the association may have taken legal advice in the preparation of the terms . |
| 23 | Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control . |
| 24 | Later ages have tended to magnify the importance of those thinkers and poets who disagreed ; there is no reason to think that the young Wordsworth would have taken any notice of them ; he believed with his University that whatever Newton said , was right . |
| 25 | Julius still would n't have taken any notice . |
| 26 | ‘ If you were really so concerned for her you would n't have taken any notice of me . |
| 27 | I shuddered , the very thought of anyone being so foolish baffled me , the steps were so rotten that it would n't have taken any weight to have snapped them and sent anyone plunging down causing a bad injury . |
| 28 | It would n't have taken as Mr has pointed out , any cognizance of the fact that there 's difference for different times of the day , nor would it have taken any account of the fact that people would perceive the travel times and travel costs in different ways . |
| 29 | It must have taken supernatural greed |
| 30 | Dragging two novices with buoyancy problems looking excitedly at everything on the bottom , must have taken some stamina . |