Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have take a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And he may have taken a drink or two to steady his nerves .
2 Although Pond praised him as a ‘ middle-class Englishman … the personification of all their sterling traits and sturdy characteristics ’ , there were problems over whether or not he should have taken a fee for giving a eulogy on his friend , Henry Ward Beecher , at Beecher 's Brooklyn church .
3 But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic .
4 He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced .
5 He must have taken a cut in pay . "
6 In the meantime he 'll have to take a back seat whilst his team-mates bid for World Cup glory .
7 He took her hand , not to kiss , but as he might have taken a man 's hand who had met him fair and done him honour .
8 Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club .
9 After some initial success , however , the Young King 's campaign ground to a halt and Henry decided that he would have to take a hand himself .
10 That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard .
11 well I mean I 'm not surprised they do n't wan na take a picture of our garden cos it 's a mess but er I 'd have thought he would have taken a picture of yours and sold you one .
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