Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] have take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made clear to me that I would n't have to take part in any act detrimental to my country 's cause . ’ |
| 2 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |
| 3 | Similarly , the reference to the barge really refers to an account in a play of a scene which we do not and in some ways could not witness , a scene which may never have taken place in those terms . |
| 4 | The court which would normally have taken cognizance was that over which the lord presided ; and although it was in the lord 's court that the vassal made his defiance , it was usually done , not in person , but by messenger or herald , and the vassal could not at that stage accept any ruling of the court . |
| 5 | Great disorders had occurred among the children which would not have taken place had proper influence been exerted by the master . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps you should n't have taken part . ’ |
| 7 | But if he started talking Buddhism at them , they may well have taken fright . ’ |
| 8 | They should never have taken part in something so unnatural . |
| 9 | It may also have taken business away from John Smiths , because one enters its sales area straight off the street , whereas Smiths ' comparable sections are well above pavement level . |
| 10 | The big man was n't given to introspection and he certainly was n't known for his sensitivity but even he was aware that the conversation had somehow been wrong , that it should n't have taken place , not with Martin . |
| 11 | But it could not have taken place without the railways , which once again proved to be the vital enabling factor . |