Example sentences of "[pron] would take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would take a stand-up bath in Mick 's washing-up bowl , wash all my clothes , clean every item of equipment , and wipe the wheelbarrow , lockers and the groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 2 | The next day I would take a brand-new notebook from my bag . |
| 3 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 4 | Dawn seems hostile enough already , but if she were to marry him she would take a proprietorial interest in his practice . |
| 5 | Julie decided to top up her Californian suntan until Kitty Summerville called lunch , after which she would take a casual stroll to another of her favourite haunts as a child , the old summer house on the river bank . |
| 6 | She would take a few drops directly into the mouth using the pipette whereas previously she had used a teaspoon direct from the 100ml bottle . |
| 7 | Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her . |
| 8 | A year after his first interview at Bloomsbury House , he was still saying that ‘ he really wanted some particular friend who would take a close interest in him ’ . |
| 9 | With the help of System Three Scotland we have developed the questionnaire which is attached and we would be very grateful if you would take a little time to complete it . |
| 10 | You would take a wet rag and a file you know , an ordinary file . |
| 11 | ‘ It was not as much a question of whether we would take a new step in our computerisation , but if we would subcontract it out , ’ said Olivier and Xavier Decelle , Picard 's president and managing director , respectively , in an article in Les Echos . |
| 12 | Under these circumstances we would take a sympathetic attitude and only deduct one excess for the family . |
| 13 | I hope that the Minister is not back-tracking on them because we would take a dim view of that . |
| 14 | A National Film Studio , combining the small companies into one strong conglomerate , had been proposed , but this idea made no more headway than a proposal to negotiate a reciprocity deal with the Americans , whereby they would take a certain number of British films into national distribution in return for free access to British screens . |
| 15 | However , they will only eat earthworms , which is fine ″ the summer , but I would be much happier if they would take a little trout , prawns and beefheart . |
| 16 | Handing his keys to the parking valet , he decided that he would take a firm stand . |
| 17 | The fighting dimmed hopes of peace , but Lord Carrington , the former British foreign secretary who heads the EC peace talks , said he would take a tough line with the Serbian and Croatian military leaders . |
| 18 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 19 | It would take a hundred lifetimes merely to skim the surface and , alas , we are only given one . |
| 20 | It would take a great deal more than flagrant attempts to assassinate people in Western capitals and the hardly less obvious espionage of the Directorate of External Intelligence to make Nicolae Ceauşescu persona non grata in the West . |
| 21 | Well my Lord as a time saver it would quite er how my er learned friend went through the documents , i it in the contents she would otherwise make and one suspects that it would take a great deal longer . |
| 22 | It would take a better speaker than I , and a longer speech , to answer that question . |
| 23 | It would take a million years to tell you all the things I have done , and some of the things I would n't tell even you , ’ she said mischievously , ‘ but it 's great to be home . |
| 24 | Critics claim the technology is 1980s passe and not for Unix and that it would take a tremendous amount of engineering to make it suitable for modern enterprise-wide client/server applications that demand object-oriented solutions . |
| 25 | His own love of stories , though real enough , was private , almost furtive — he was a dedicated reader of the Sherlock Holmes stories , for example — but it would take a sharp eye , and a good memory , to notice the quotation from Conan Doyle 's ‘ The Musgrave Ritual ’ buried in his pre-war play Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 26 | The tall storeroom on the ground floor , just beyond the kitchen , stretched high up to the rafters and Helen knew it would take a sleeping gallery . |
| 27 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 28 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 29 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 30 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |