Example sentences of "[vb -s] take his " in BNC.
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1 | He loves taking his violin . |
2 | Th er , well for instance er , the child has took his name , I mean er you know |
3 | has took his contract over because he ca n't afford to put more of them , mm |
4 | Twenty-nine of the prisoners have already died , Pilot Mohammed El Shamey has lost his mind , one has taken his own life . |
5 | Since guiding his team to the European Cup-Winners ' Cup five months ago , Cruyff has taken his spending to £15m in a year . |
6 | Tony announces that he is off for a crumble , an expression that has taken his fancy and replaced the computerese of going for a ‘ system dump . ’ |
7 | In Phil Alden Robinson 's adaptation of W.P.Kinsella 's book , Kevin Costner , Hollywood 's latest superstar , plays a New York boy with a hang-up about his father who has taken his wife ( Amy Madigan ) and daughter off to an Iowan farm to find themselves as a family . |
8 | He has taken his early holiday , incidentally , to be on hand at the end of the season for the merry-go-round in football employment which usually comes in the summer . |
9 | Any man who has taken his brothers to court three times since 1980 must have a cutting edge to his personality . |
10 | Marcus 's male Akita is castrated , to lower is dominance level , and he has taken his dog to obedience training classes since puppyhood . |
11 | He has taken his first steps and is eating and drinking well . |
12 | JOHN THAW has taken his role in the television version of A Life In Provence so much to heart he has bought a home in the idyllic French region . |
13 | Mr Hockney , 55 , has taken his role as designer seriously — this is the first completely new Hockney design to be seen at Covent Garden . |
14 | But promising newcomer Victor Ubogu has taken his shirt leaving the older hand desperate to push his case for the Barbarians against the world champions , Australia . |
15 | JOE MONTANA has taken his first steps towards an NFL comeback — by imitating Randall Cunningham . |
16 | Latin America has taken his words to heart . |
17 | A bespectacled man with stand-up hair , who has taken his shoes off and hung his feet over the arm of the chair . |
18 | In addition to playing a leading role in the movement for the restoration of these craft ( he was Honorary Secretary of the Galway Hooker Association for six years ) , he has taken his boat where no Hookers have ever sailed before . |
19 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
20 | One pensioner , tragically , has taken his life because of them . |
21 | has taken his wife to a performance |
22 | Gloucestershire fast bowler Courtney Walsh has taken his fiftieth wicket of the season . |
23 | Finally , the television presenter Leslie Crowther has taken his first steps since being injured in a road accident . |
24 | ‘ He has taken his own life in a dramatic gesture which some have described as futile . ’ |
25 | Reed has taken his chance to impress and win the place that might have gone to England 's Wade Dooley , who has returned home after the death of his father . |
26 | He has taken his obsession just a little bit too far . ’ |
27 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
28 | Andy Payton 's haul of six goals in four games has taken his tally for the season to 14 . |
29 | Wigner has to take his friend 's claim to experience as seriously as we take Wigner 's . |
30 | And er Steven he does the erm , the he just has to take his quinine tablets . |