Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | To really know him would take a lifetime . |
| 2 | Gerry promised he 'd take care , promised to come back to me , but … ’ |
| 3 | Any lumberjack who was feeling sufficiently ill-disposed towards his fellow drinking companions could place on his shoulder a small chip of wood to indicate he would take on any man who cared to flick it off . |
| 4 | He says he 'll take you somewhere else . |
| 5 | However , Jim says he 'll take them . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , Archie has a boat , and he says he can take us out to the bird islands , and I 'm sure we could get him to take you somewhere in the Land-Rover where you can fish . |
| 7 | ALYN and Deeside MP Barry Jones says he will take the fight to keep Buckley fire station to the Home Office if necessary . |
| 8 | Under reg 10 of the Transfer Regulations , the vendor is under a duty to give recognised trade unions certain information about the business sale and the vendor is under a duty to consult with the unions if either the vendor or the purchaser envisages he will take " measures " in relation to the transfer . |
| 9 | John Major has said he 'll take up their case when he visits Tokyo next week . |
| 10 | It was thought he would take a studio for the London season . |
| 11 | I ca n't believe he 'd take it if offered . |
| 12 | Charles reckoned he could take advantage of her lethargic state to push a bit further . |
| 13 | As they arrived he would take them up to her in bed . |
| 14 | The adoption contract might contain a proviso that if a natural son was born he would take precedence as the legal heir . |
| 15 | She frowned at him , tossing the hair back from her flushed cheeks , wishing he would take her in his arms and kiss her again instead of making cryptic comments that taxed her stunned powers of comprehension . |
| 16 | Mum and Dad are no doubt just wishing he 'd take up an indoor sport instead . |
| 17 | We cascaded down the stairs as the dog decided he could take going downstairs in his stride — and seethed across the station into the sunshine of the great outdoors ; where I observed two large policemen surrounding my estate car , notebooks in hand — and under the obvious impression that they were abut to make an easy collar . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a fine afternoon — and early-closing day , so he decided he should take his camera along to the Tower of London . |
| 19 | I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter |
| 20 | I just thought just before er , I come over , I says , just thought I says , I suppose he 'll take her over there Saturday wo n't he ? |
| 21 | He 'll he 'll take he 'll take his part if there 's a if there 's a dispute between a customer and the water company . |
| 22 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 23 | She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted . |
| 24 | If she 'd hoped he would take the hint and leave her to it , she was sadly disappointed . |
| 25 | In next year 's Budget it is to be hoped he will take a further opportunity to reduce the differentials between Scotch and wine . ’ |
| 26 | She cooked superbly , adored her baby sons and mothered her husband , buying him linctus whenever he coughed and insisting he should take cod-liver oil in the winter . |
| 27 | Jason Donovan was also eleven , at school in Melbourne and also launching his acting career in Skyways , which he found exciting because it meant he could take some time off school . |
| 28 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
| 29 | To a typesetter , the closure in 1960 of the last Liberal daily , the News Chronicle , might simply mean he must take his typesetting skills elsewhere , and not necessarily to a newspaper . |
| 30 | No doubt , he felt he could take that in his stride . |