Example sentences of "he have taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity , speculation about him has taken a new turn . |
| 2 | To an astonishing degree , the controversy about him has taken the form of a continuing debate about his private life . |
| 3 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 4 | In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer . |
| 5 | He had too , she realised , although she had been too absorbed in her own clumsy , hopeless awareness of him to have taken the fact in until now . |
| 6 | Everything around him had taken on a rosy hue and he felt excitement in his guts . |
| 7 | She did love him , she had always loved him , but now that they were both adults the love she felt for him had taken on a far greater significance . |
| 8 | This brought to mind Mr Major 's curious pronunciation of such words as ‘ want ’ and the way in which the politicians around him have taken to saying wunt . |
| 9 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 10 | By choosing to take at face value all the evidence pointing to the futility of the war , and ignoring all those who believed , with patent sincerity , that they were fighting for something worthwhile against something evil , he has taken cynicism to the point of naivety . |
| 11 | On 24 occasions , he has taken 15 reds , 15 blacks and all the colours . |
| 12 | It is a hobby he has taken up with two main aims in mind : ‘ Firstly , it keeps my hand in as far as manufacturing is concerned and secondly I like to see this small bit of entrepreneuralism on my doorstep . |
| 13 | He has taken up the challenge to lead . |
| 14 | He has taken to disrupting romantic trysts in the village by pouring glue into the hair of those girls who step out with soldiers ; his motive being to encourage the largest possible number of servicemen to attend his lectures , where he speaks of the mysteries of the countryside . |
| 15 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 16 | Hardenberger also recalls that the BBC PO 's York performance of Endless Parade — a work so difficult in its string scoring that two or three other orchestras have actually refused to play it with him — is the best he has taken part in so far . |
| 17 | Whether he gave the command to open fire in Vilnius and Riga or is cynically refusing to condemn the thuggery of his troops in order to put pressure on the Baltic republics , he has taken the side of order against law , acting in defiance of those republics ' legally elected parliaments . |
| 18 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
| 19 | After testing for the role when he executive-produced We 're No Angels , he has taken it up full time , setting up his own company Tribeca Productions and building his own mini-studio in New York . |
| 20 | In six appearances in carcass competitions at the Royal Smithfield Show he has taken three major championships and three reserves ; his lambs have triumphed at the Birmingham Primestock Show ‘ umpteen times ’ and topped the lot at the first national Welsh Primestock Show last year at Builth Wells . |
| 21 | This we may express , indeed , in a few words , but it should influence us throughout all our treatment of horses ; for a horse will more readily take the bit , if , when he has taken it , something pleasant results to himself ; and he will leap across ditches , and jump over obstacles , and comply with our wishes in all other respects , if he looks forward , when he has done what is required of him , to some indulgence . |
| 22 | Although it is clear that he is committed to making changes , he has taken up fluent corporation-speak surprisingly quickly . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Even Clinton 's enemies have to admit that , with the bruising he has taken , he is no quitter . |
| 25 | Although his title , The Rural Muse : Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England ( 1954 ) , implies that he has taken a positive view , he is hardpressed at times to defend the value of the peasant poet : |
| 26 | Nevertheless he has taken offence . |
| 27 | I welcome this book on two major counts : first , because it succeeds in what should be the aim of every author , that is to educate and entertain , and secondly because it has been written by a very knowledgeable person who genuinely cares for his dogs , has bred a consistent type for many years and has put as much into the ‘ dog game ’ as he has taken out . |
| 28 | The dog will feel that he has taken one step up the ladder if he is allowed into your sleeping quarters . |
| 29 | Any smallholder would do well to join a local ATB group , particularly if he has taken on his own farm with relatively little experience . |
| 30 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |