Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now it looked as if her job might have taken a different turn . |
| 2 | Lord Lane would have taken a dim view , consent or no consent . |
| 3 | Aeons ago , the waters must have taken a different path and the men who discovered the cave had chipped away the stalagmites to make a passage into the gallery beyond , the gallery where Melissa and Fernand now stood . |
| 4 | The demands of beating the Belgian champions with only ten men must have taken a physical toll of Smith 's side . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the staff felt that the project would have taken a different form and provoked different responses from teachers if an outsider had been present at meetings . |
| 6 | These are not dramatic changes , but one might have hoped that Britain 's first woman Prime Minister would have taken a tougher line on women 's pay . |