Example sentences of "[modal v] take [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 2 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 3 | We must take from the earth … |
| 4 | His contention is that much of the slump in mainframe revenues has been mis-attributed to downsizing mania whereas the recession should take of the blame — delay in large capital projects gives the impression that mainframes are in more trouble then they actually are , he suggests . |
| 5 | ‘ The young men should take to the hills . ’ |
| 6 | The same fact was responsible for Dennis 's insistence that we should take to the water . |
| 7 | Within that framework schools and education authorities are in the best position to judge the particular form which the curriculum should take in the light of each school 's individual circumstances and the needs of its pupils . |
| 8 | The aim of this Guide is to ensure that criminal practitioners know about all the many active steps which they should take in the preparation of their client 's defence . |
| 9 | Dear Resident , The Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards ( CIMAH ) Regulations introduced by the UK Government in 1984 required many chemical companies with large stocks of potentially hazardous chemicals to notify local residents that such chemicals are being stored or used and what actions residents should take in the event of a serious emergency . |
| 10 | The nature of the Guidelines can be illustrated by taking some examples : The Guidelines also set out various features intended to indicate the position which a particular injury should take within the suggested brackets . |
| 11 | This is rather like an attitude one might take to the philosophical discussions about whether we have free will or not . |
| 12 | A study of books published in America about public relations will prove very useful to you as you consider the direction your career in public relations might take in the longer term . |
| 13 | But the recounting of all the statements a team of detectives might take in the course of a major inquiry is hardly going to make you a book that will grip readers . |
| 14 | consider that in certain circumstances one would expect laterality scores to correlate with overall accuracy scores , they favour the use of an index of laterality that is independent of accuracy in the sense that the values which the index might take within the total range of values possible is not " constrained " by any given level of accuracy . |
| 15 | He 'll take to the stage , guitar , Holly-style glasses and all , for a five minute medley of songs from the show ‘ Buddy ’ arranged by musical director Mark Dougherty . |
| 16 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |
| 17 | Er … would you by any chance have a room I could take for the night ? |
| 18 | Perhaps I could take about the philosophy which is behind Warnock ? |
| 19 | It would appear his ideas ran along similar lines to Mignet 's , namely to produce a simple , cheap , no-frills aeroplane in which every enthusiastic ‘ Mr Average ’ could take to the skies . |
| 20 | Gavin stuck his head out from under the duvet , giving me cause once more to marvel at the impressive way the lad 's shoulders merged into his head with no apparent narrowing in between ( this appeared to be the principal physical benefit bestowed by the game of rugby ; the acquisition of an extremely thick neck , just as the most important thing one could take to the sport was a thick skull , and from it an intact one still in satisfactory two-way communication with one 's spinal cord ) . |
| 21 | The Marshal crossed the sunny fore-court towards the shadow of the stone archway and into his office , where he could take off the dark glasses which he always had to wear when the sun was out . |
| 22 | He now watched Mick follow Carrie to the door way that led into the scullery , and he found himself also stepping in that direction , until he could take in the whole of the scullery and the open backyard door through which Mr Carver was now passing , saying as he did so , ‘ Ta-rah , then . ’ |
| 23 | In the 1987 Budget , a ceiling of £150,000 was imposed on the amount that individuals could take in the form of a tax-free lump sum on retirement . |
| 24 | There were two main forms that TTT collaborations could take in the classroom : working alongside and withdrawal . |
| 25 | You could take in the Hot Ice Show ‘ 93 , with international skaters combining their talents to produce a spectacular ice show for all the family to enjoy . |
| 26 | He ‘ may take to the hills and be very hard to find ’ , said Mr John Bushnell , the US charge d'affairs at Fort Clayton outside Panama City . |
| 27 | But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ . |
| 28 | Police are treating his death as suspicious , but it may take until the end of the week before forensic examination is complete . |
| 29 | The system stored the form any letter may take within the sample , and indicated all the different letters of which a segment of any description may be a part . |
| 30 | The statement said that younger Nahda members appeared to have been involved in the February incident " with the agreement of some of the movement 's leadership " , and that Nahda 's membership and activities would therefore be " frozen … pending the decisions which we may take in the near future " . |