Example sentences of "have taken [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 A slash from Siban 's talons would have inflicted a wound which would have taken weeks to heal .
2 Congregations will insist on hearing candidates preach sermons which may have taken weeks to prepare or to speak more correctly which some of them never prepared , whereas they forget that a man 's work in his own parish is the best possible testimony as to who and what he is , and one that can easily and accurately be ascertained .
3 There is no contemporary support for the suggestion that Gloucester and the Woodvilles were rivals before Edward IV 's death , and that the king should therefore have taken steps to remedy the situation .
4 There is no contemporary support for the suggestion that Gloucester and the Woodvilles were rivals before Edward IV 's death , and that the king should therefore have taken steps to remedy the situation .
5 Athelstan sensed that , if he had known who they were before he answered the door , he would never have let them inside , or else would have taken measures to hide whatever he had in the house .
6 Harley O. Staggers , a Democratic member of the House for West Virginia , initiating a bill proposing a point-of-sale background check which , whilst on the face of it more stringent than the Brady bill , was full of loopholes and would have taken years to implement .
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