Example sentences of "[pron] would take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality .
2 Instead , they have argued for non-discriminatory tariffs which , in effect , would be imposed in a way which would take the existing level of imports as a baseline .
3 The company had special display boxes made which would take the complete range and this was distributed to the homes of leading food writers and journalists .
4 She would take the long route back over the desolate flats .
5 Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible .
6 Before , he would splatter , and she would take the same pigment , the same colours , and assemble .
7 Oh , and she would take the folding bike .
8 She would have to work out the rest of her shift , but she would take the next day off and go to see the doctor .
9 She would take the Northern line to Kentish Town .
10 She knew that Carla was coming home with her and decided that she would take the little girl into her bed with her .
11 Bodo asked the waitress if she would take the romantic lead in a film he claimed to be making and when she had gone , said , ‘ I do n't think so , but you never know , do you ?
12 The three used to compete with each other to see who could steal the best clothes or who would take the biggest risk .
13 Then you would take the same rag and wipe that off and then the piece of cleaner cloth , bit more turps , clean the desk .
14 In London you could be robbed , mugged , murdered , even , and no one would take the blindest bit of notice , yet here , in this little backwater , they 'd done all they could and more .
15 Working under the name of Professor Dent ( a minor henchman in Dr No ) we contacted newspapers and magazines to see if they would take the following advertisements :
16 In his reply Dr. Yeats expressed his gratitude and assured Whitbread that he would take the earliest opportunity of using the oil ; a month later however , the doctor sent his servant with an apology — he had not yet had a chance to use it .
17 He could row one way one minute and if he found you agreeing with him , he would take the opposite argument on principle . ’
18 It would take the easy way and go for the baited foot laid out for it …
19 Bernice calculated that it would take the best part of an hour to reach them on foot .
20 I asked him how long it would take the then government to assess the success of Lord Rothschild 's reforms .
21 It would take the One Love Peace Concert and a trip to Ethiopia to rejuvenate him .
22 Soon , it would take the better part of two days to pass between Famagusta and Kouklia .
23 If he used a modal legacy , it would take the following form : ‘ I leave A the sum of ten thousand denarii , so that he can make over five thousand to B ’ .
24 Virgin has already replaced pins on three of its jets and said it would take the same stance as BA .
25 The French government announced that it would take the strongest measures to ensure that Aoun met the conditions attached to his asylum , which included refraining from making public statements on political issues .
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