Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 2 | If the knots wo n't come out with that then she must take him to a professional grooming salon where the knots will be removed safely and painlessly . |
| 3 | For if the relations between the individual and society are as close as he believes , we must take them into account ; instead of grounding explanations upon one part we must theorise about the whole to which all the parts belong . |
| 4 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 5 | ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’ |
| 6 | " If the lad takes her then he must take her for passion and hope it stays hot : " |
| 7 | We must take it on board , we must come together , network , campaign against this . |
| 8 | We must take it to them , lad . |
| 9 | To get a better grade the student must take it from one of the students above by out-performing him or her . |
| 10 | The consolidation of women 's visibility and conspicuous presence in adult education means that the men with power must take us into account in ways which otherwise would not happen . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , this should take me about another fortnight . ’ |
| 12 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 13 | Perhaps Alex Mair should take her as patron of his power station , a quasi-saint of rationality . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I think you should take her to Amerikay . ’ |
| 15 | He assumed an expression of profound gravity before saying the most pressing question was where he should take her for supper . |
| 16 | So much so , that the doctor , who was new to the district , thought that for safety 's sake , Jim should take her into the hospital at Invercargill . |
| 17 | No horse and rider should take her by surprise today , nor easily overlook her . |
| 18 | We soon became fast friends , and the brothers joked that we should take him with us on our journey . |
| 19 | The government should take him at his word . |
| 20 | I think she should take him to erm Euro Disney cause there might be a lot high up but there 's still a lot to do . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose we should take them with water . ’ |
| 22 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 23 | In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race . |
| 24 | The Law Commission takes the view , provisionally , that the solution to these uncertainties in legislation to direct that , where a court considers that a regulatory rule is ‘ reasonable ’ , it should take it into account in determining ‘ the precise content of common law and equitable obligations ’ in any particular situation . |
| 25 | It is extraordinary that the Minister should take it into his head that he knows better than people in the museums world , and impose upon them a period that nobody asked for — indeed , everybody asked for the opposite . |
| 26 | Prosodists should take it as a manifesto for investigating the links between those intuitions and the linguistic surface of texts , particularly at the phonetic level : rhythmic analysis still needs its empiricists , and Cureton has given them plenty of work to do . |
| 27 | Perhaps Scott should take it with him in case someone tried to make contact . |
| 28 | Enraged that he should take it on himself to tell her the state of her own business , and bristling at the manner in which he spoke of her precious son , Esther said sharply , ‘ Whatever is or is not in the coffers is nothing whatsoever to do with you ! |
| 29 | You should take it on what the pu you see they keep going |
| 30 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |