Example sentences of "[conj] he have [adv] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 2 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 3 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 4 | By this stage it is possible — the idea is corroborated to some extent by Castro 's actions in December 1959 and January 1960 — see pages 72–3 — that he had already taken the decision to embark on a campaign to present the USSR with a fait accompli of ‘ socialist ’ reforms to enlist their total support . |
| 5 | The implication must be that Eadberht denied that he had previously taken holy orders and affirmed the legitimacy of his claim , but Archbishop Aethelheard fled and Christ Church , Canterbury , was probably sacked . |
| 6 | When Bovet won the prize it was noted that he had never taken out a patent in his own name or sought to make a penny from the commercial expoitation of his research . |
| 7 | It was one of his few boasts that he had never taken an academic examination in his life . |
| 8 | Valenzuela 's testimony had confirmed Wally 's involvement in several brutal killings , and Valenzuela 's first reaction was that he had unwittingly taken yet another life . |
| 9 | But the call-offs mean that he has now taken a step nearer being involved . ’ |
| 10 | A statement from Livingstone 's solicitor said : ‘ Jason continues to deny , despite erroneous press reports to the contrary , that he has ever taken any banned substance knowingly or otherwise . ’ |
| 11 | And he had never taken home a statuette on Oscar night . |
| 12 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 13 | Not only had the Archbishop left in haste but he had also taken the Bishop of Rochester 's horses . |
| 14 | The President had given Mueller an inch , but he had already taken a mile . |
| 15 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 16 | He had come close to the mark in his various schemes for the inner cities , but he had always taken great care not to overstep the boundary . |
| 17 | All-rounder Charles Clubbe Senior is one of the oldest players in the league his true age is top secret but he has already taken 23 wickets this season . |
| 18 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , it was obvious that she had n't made a very favourable impression on him . |
| 19 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |