Example sentences of "would take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered how long it would take Lee to get up to the feeding-ground . |
| 2 | Luke shouted up to Anna that he would take Flora in , and then walk on to the sixth-form college . |
| 3 | They thought that sovereignty in itself would take Ukraine out of Russia 's sphere of influence and , in time , allow it to join the European mainstream . |
| 4 | Mrs Ivory became unsettled and talked of returning home but her husband , a 39-year-old unemployed surveyor , never suspected she would take Chatchai . |
| 5 | Going to sleep or opening a book : an old garden , a childish fear , a face seen casually and quickly forgotten , would take possession of my mind as if there had been no time between . |
| 6 | I am sorry that the Leader of the Opposition has announced that he would take money from British farmers and contribute it to those in southern Europe . |
| 7 | The Leader of the Opposition has said in the House that CAP reform would mean that he would take money from British farmers and spend it on farmers in southern countries . |
| 8 | That has been contradicted by the Labour spokesman on Treasury matters , who has said that his party would take money from British farmers and divert it to regional policy . |
| 9 | That has been contradicted by the hon. Member for South Shields ( Dr. Clark ) , who has said that he would take money from British farmers with one hand and give part of it back to them with the other . |
| 10 | Mr Fallon claimed Labour 's tax proposals would take money away from Darlington Memorial Hospital and schools . |
| 11 | ‘ He would take things on loan but he could never make up his mind . |
| 12 | He would take things as they came . |
| 13 | Now he would take things much further and see whether he could translate Ebert 's restlessness into something more useful . |
| 14 | She would take things as they came and not worry about motives , she decided . |
| 15 | She spent a good deal of time in the kitchen and bullied Dora into showing her how to make bread and pastry ; she would take cookery books up to her room and study the methods of jam making and preserving fruit and vegetables . |
| 16 | But if John Postlethwaite went he would take Jane Postlethwaite with him . |
| 17 | Later , he was to learn that the terraces were really the best area , for here a woman would take pride in being seen to hand over some cast-offs , because , in a way , this indicated that she was well able to replace them . |
| 18 | The agency 's report suggested a new name would help to improve the image of the BHRCA , and would take advantage of public goodwill towards the hospitality industry in the UK . |
| 19 | This film director , Bella Kropotkin , was undoubtedly after him , and undoubtedly he would take advantage of it — tonight ! |
| 20 | More than a third said they would take advantage of free insurance while one in four opted for free child places . |
| 21 | Philip hoped he would take advantage of the chance and do his best . |
| 22 | Like any small company , each half of the former Italy would take advantage of lower international trade barriers , more readily achieved economies of scale and access to international capital markets . |
| 23 | She grumbled to me that if she left the tap-handles in situ , people would take advantage and lie in their baths for hours on end , using a lot more hot water than their franc entitled them to . |
| 24 | If a fighter 's expression were to show fear , or if he were to appear nervous , his opponent would take advantage of his lack of confidence during the fight . |
| 25 | It was also intended that a wide range of groups and individuals would take advantage of both types of course ; trade unionists , school governors , people intending to be councillors , voluntary organisations , and people intending to apply for higher education or vocational retraining were all mentioned in the final planning paper in 1978 , whereas the other long-term colleges concerned with education for social action were either , like Ruskin , largely trade union-oriented or , like the Cooperative College , intended for cooperators . |
| 26 | Rumour has it that Sierra were then approached by IBM themselves , to produce a product that would take advantage of the colour graphic features of their forthcoming wonder machine the IBM PCjr . |
| 27 | ‘ How the men would take advantage of her ? ’ |
| 28 | But the last thing she had expected was that John would take advantage of it , especially after so long an absence from her , and even more especially after the crisis they had endured and survived together these months past . |
| 29 | There was thus a concrete possibility of creating a Peoples Front in Britain which would take advantage of the opposition to the National Government to be found outside the labour movement . |
| 30 | ‘ The association will continue to press the arguments because if the terms for maintenance funds could be improved more people would take advantage of them . |