Example sentences of "he [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having acquired a wife , Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future . |
| 2 | He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . " |
| 3 | He ought to take more care . |
| 4 | If he takes into account matters which he ought not to take into account , or fails to take into account the matters which he ought to take into account , then his decision can be overridden by the courts . |
| 5 | Lisa was tempted to respond , yes , that was precisely how he ought to take it , but decided that might be unnecessarily forthright . |
| 6 | Perhaps he ought to take her home before he embarrassed both of them . |
| 7 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 8 | He may take away my friends . |
| 9 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 10 | Because it takes so long for blood alcohol levels to fall , it 's easy for someone who drinks ‘ modestly ’ at lunch time and after work to go over the limit , even though he may take only four units on each occasion . |
| 11 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 12 | The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) . |
| 13 | He may take office during a period of crisis when the American people are willing to suspend their paranoia about leadership . |
| 14 | He may take with him any duly authorised person and any equipment he needs and he may take measurements , photographs and recordings that are necessary for any examination or investigation . |
| 15 | He may take with him any duly authorised person and any equipment he needs and he may take measurements , photographs and recordings that are necessary for any examination or investigation . |
| 16 | He may take samples and can require any person to give him information relevant to his examination or investigation , to answer questions and to sign a declaration of the truth of the answers . |
| 17 | It may be , and often is , that when the child reaches adolescence , his interest for drawing and painting may diminish , and he may take up some other form of self expression , but his early adventures in Painting will colour the whole of his later life . |
| 18 | But there is a compulsion to adopt one or the other , and whichever course he may take he can not obtain possession of his goods without handing over to the collector either absolutely or conditionally the amount claimed as duty . |
| 19 | Such a man shall be exposed to wind and weather , suspended between the high and low tidemarks , from night until morning — so that he may take time to consider his wickedness , and repent … . ’ |
| 20 | He may take me tonight and then reject me tomorrow . |
| 21 | You know , he may take you for a meal after he 's stayed a , a fortnight , and it 'll , he might lose his wallet , or , take you to the sausage and chips place round the corner , so he , he 's a nightmare . |
| 22 | What that also shows is that Ile De Nisky is a very useful performer in his own right and he should take today 's Foundation Stakes in his stride before having another crack at Nashwan in Newmarket 's Champion Stakes later this month . |
| 23 | Edward , now in Oxford , felt obliged to write home to his mother with full details of the affair and for the next fortnight pondered the steps he should take . |
| 24 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 25 | A suggestion that he should take her out to lunch , instead , did n't , surprisingly , fall flat . |
| 26 | Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job . |
| 27 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 28 | He should take his own route in his own time and avoid the tendency to see through others ' eyes . |
| 29 | If he has sports coaching or attends exercise classes where the instructor is not aware of the particular problems of spasticity , he should take care not to try any movement he is not capable of . |
| 30 | He convinced himself that speaking Italian to Franco presented a good opportunity to learn and therefore he should take up the challenge . |