Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Church leaders are convinced that ( Mr de Klerk ) does not appreciate the far-reaching nature of the steps he must take to get negotiations off the ground , ’ the archbishop said . |
| 2 | Edward , now in Oxford , felt obliged to write home to his mother with full details of the affair and for the next fortnight pondered the steps he should take . |
| 3 | From his first home with Mary in Canonmills he would take their mongrel dog , Penny , to the nearest open space which was a coalyard , a spur off an old railway . |
| 4 | Venables laughed off suggestions he should take control now to rescue the nation 's American Dream . |
| 5 | He speaks publicly of motorbikes and holidays he will take to Australia , Borneo , Malaysia . |
| 6 | His great enthusiasm was for sailing and in the vacations he would take parties of students on seafaring expeditions . |
| 7 | For long solitary hours he would take stance on some sea cliff watching the sharp-winged flutter of terns as they hung above the sea to fish , or the magnificent splashes of great gannets , or the rugged gliding of herring gulls . |
| 8 | Now DEC has re-affirmed its commitment to OSF/1 , it 's as keen as mustard to spread the gospel , and Straub for one is busy readying proposals he can take to OSF hierarchy . |
| 9 | A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) . |
| 10 | Other times he will take you to visit places more wonderful than you could ever dream of Would you like Swan to take you home now ? |
| 11 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
| 12 | A man who was very friendly with another , or his senior kinsmen , could adopt a more expository technique : he would sit facing him and take his left hand ; as he made his points he would take his friend 's little finger , move it away from the others and hold it : ‘ first … ‘ then the next finger : ‘ second … ‘ ; until he had moved the digits all to one side , like beads on an abacus . |
| 13 | Armand Horowitz had been staring into space , mentally checking the measures he must take to trace Tweed . |
| 14 | As his ministers he must take men of true enlightenment ; great nobles with an interest in maintaining a feudal past and its practices should be kept at arms length . |