Example sentences of "[adj] to take [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that they began to hint that I could n't be so very friendly if I was afraid to take them round to meet him . |
| 2 | He thought it wrong to take him out of Cambridge so quickly . |
| 3 | However , to a large extent , the Lanarkshire component is part of that budget , and it would be wrong to take it out . |
| 4 | From there , if and when it became possible , he would be taken to the castle at Soragna where the Principessa Meli Lupi was prepared to take him on in the guise of a gardener — a refugee who had been rendered deaf and dumb in the bombing of Milan . |
| 5 | Yeah , the one thing you have got there is that people are prepared to take him on . |
| 6 | yeah , whereas if you had the situation where people were n't prepared to take him on , it could be awful |
| 7 | You 're sure you want her , Matey ? ’ drawled Dr Neil , still sardonic , but his use of Miss Mates 's nickname was the final sign that he was prepared to take her on . |
| 8 | ‘ None of them was prepared to take you on in the middle of the semester . |
| 9 | So great , let's communicate with any other deputies and say if you 're not prepared to take it over we 'll close the we 're afraid the scheme will have to close down . |
| 10 | " You mean , he 'd be willing to take me back , afterwards ? " |
| 11 | The patrol probably was n't looking for me — there were too many fugitives in Chinatown to concentrate on just one — but they 'd be more than willing to take me in if they tripped over me . |
| 12 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 13 | Only half of the 110 students on the BA ( Hons ) Business Studies course have found an employer willing to take them on . |
| 14 | If you study the long-term unemployed , sadly what happens is they lose their job or they do n't get employment , and eventually they keep working hard , right , but after the period of time they get dispirited when they find that people are not willing to take them on , and of course it 's a terrible thing for them to cope with . |
| 15 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 16 | and they 're willing to take you on for x you know erm it just , a lot of it is word of mouth . |
| 17 | Town & Country found a rescuer in Woolwich , which was willing to take it over . |
| 18 | Remember , it is always possible to put more groundbait into the water , but impossible to take it back out ! |
| 19 | And when there is stress in other areas of life it is all too easy to take it out on those closest to you . |
| 20 | ‘ You meant it then , but , if I refused to do the work , would n't you be glad to take it on ? ’ |
| 21 | Supposed to take it in for M O T. |
| 22 | Robinson , 28 , has found other counties unwilling to take him on as they are allowed only one such signing every five years . |
| 23 | What about you 're , you do n't , no I suppose you do n't feel like , will you be too tired to take him down tomorrow when you finish ? |
| 24 | Theoretically , the sulphonamide block could be by-passed if ready-made folic acid were available , but in practice microbes which make their own folic acid are unable to take it up from outside . |
| 25 | Howard sits down , staring at him , unable to take it in . |
| 26 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 27 | Ten down thus it 's safe to take it in |
| 28 | Twenty four over well if that 's gon na be an E , that , that ten down is thus it 's safe to take it in thus it 's safe eatable ? |
| 29 | Oh dear , thus it 's safe to take it in |
| 30 | It 's safe to take it in ? |