Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would 'ave took that title , Danny , ’ he said passionately , his voice almost breaking with a note of despair . |
| 2 | I would like to take each tent by the comer and pull it down , and I would untether all the neat horses and the sleek , brushed bulls and send them with a huge cry into all the hills . |
| 3 | I would like to take any situation and get something out of it . |
| 4 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank for all her hard work as our efficient and conscientious secretary , and to wish her and her family every success in the future . |
| 5 | Everyone was so kind and helpful when Copper had his accident , although they all thought I was mad , and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all , especially Cooper 's vet . |
| 6 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 7 | I would like to take this opportunity to say how fully I support the leader of the Labour Party , Neil Kinnock . |
| 8 | No I would like to take this opportunity to say how fully I support Neil Kinnock . |
| 9 | I would like to take this opportunity to wish Andre luck for Wimbledon this year , as I would really love to see him winning this great event . |
| 10 | I felt that your readers would appreciate having this small point clarified ; furthermore , I would like to take this opportunity to say I receive your publication regularly and I always find it interesting , informative and a pleasure to read . |
| 11 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |
| 12 | Bishop continued , ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to inform you all that the judicial process requested by Miles Engado regarding the death of his daughter has now reached a conclusion . |
| 13 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 14 | In his response , the General Secretary said ‘ Chairman and Delegates , before I move the IBOA motion , I would like to take this opportunity to place on record the debt owed by this Association to the Trade Union Movement arising from the events in the Republic of Ireland in the first half of 1992 . |
| 15 | Before I hand over to Dave to tell his side of the story , I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dave , Richard , Liz and all the JM staff at sites around the country who helped to organise this event which has raised so much for our Charity of the Year . |
| 16 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 17 | I would like to take this opportunity to express my personal thanks to the Members of the North East Division for their support but particularly to certain members of the Division who have provided me with tuition , advice and encouragement throughout my career in the funeral profession . |
| 18 | Before I finish I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about our commitment to Continuous News . |
| 19 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for supporting the Scottish Council in 1989/90 and I look forward to your continuing , active involvement in our policies and programmes in the future . |
| 20 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for their loyal commitment to the Scottish Council in 1991 and I look forward to their continuing , active involvement in our policies and programmes in the future . |
| 21 | I would like to take this opportunity of thanking my fellow officers , committee members , teachers and all members of the Society for their support during my six years as Honorary Treasurer and I would ask you all to support the new Treasurer with the same loyalty and enthusiasm ’ . |
| 22 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those connected with the organisation and staging of the Norfolk Festival of Movement . |
| 23 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 24 | Whether , of course , I would have taken this view were I to have had someone in my squadron who turned LMF is open to question , When I reflect on the young aircrew that I helped to train in 1940 at Kinloss , some 10 years younger than myself , I marvel that the conversation stage was the last stint before they were to confront a highly lethal opponent . |
| 25 | namely Thucydides ) , but voting techniques were not : there was no counting of votes at all ( something which would have taken several hours when the agenda was as crowded as that given at the beginning of Demosthenes ' fiftieth speech of 362 BC ) , and the ‘ consensus ’ was determined by a show of hands , which tellers then adjudicated , in a fashion no more precise than that of a modern shop-steward who ‘ counts ’ a sea of hands at a trade union mass meeting . |
| 26 | But she would have taken more pains than I ( and far more than Roger ) not to hurt them . |
| 27 | Sue said a lorry from the area would be going to Brasov and without stopping to think , Christine asked if she would like to take some wool . |
| 28 | As part of that appraisal , you would have taken some view . |
| 29 | The National Health has told us one and a half percent if we want an extra day 's holiday , if we want an extra day 's holiday , then we would have to take three days , we could take two , that would leave us with half a percent . |
| 30 | Superintendent Clive Fothergill said : ‘ We would have taken appropriate measures to ensure he could have come and gone like any other team manager . ’ |