Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered how long he 'd take to get used to it , to become , in other words , corrupt . |
| 2 | They laughed , wondering how long he 'd take to change his mind . |
| 3 | Perhaps he would take the nurse out on his way home from hospital . |
| 4 | Perhaps he would take her into Tommy 's Bar and buy her a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | Perhaps he would take her watch as a token of good faith ? |
| 6 | Perhaps he 'll take you out somewhere later in the week . ’ |
| 7 | Rosa said , ‘ Perhaps he 'll take me to Africa ! ’ |
| 8 | You 'd have to add interest , of course , but even so he would take his hat off to a man 80 billion in the red who never stopped spending . |
| 9 | So he 'd take the fleece off and cut it up |
| 10 | Tonight he 'd take their condescension without argument , he thought , more confident by the day that something was coming that would rock this Tower to its foundations . |
| 11 | He was beginning to wonder how much more he could take . |
| 12 | Oh I 'll leave it there , Albert 'll be up here probably he 'll take it . |
| 13 | no ta well if I do see him I do n't think that probably he 'd take very well . |
| 14 | Now he would take things much further and see whether he could translate Ebert 's restlessness into something more useful . |
| 15 | Now he could take what he wanted . |
| 16 | And if your father is currently taking your side of things worth sounding him out as to how far he 'll take |
| 17 | Surprisingly he must take part in the qualifying section of the Daily Express Newspapers and Pursers inaugural British Squash Players ' Championship to be played between March 23 and 28 at Bromley , Beckenham and Cheshunt . |
| 18 | Alternatively he can take some profit and sell the bill in the bill ( or discount ) market before the three month term is up . |
| 19 | Luckily he can take a joke . |
| 20 | He would say ‘ Goodnight all ’ ( although she would be the only other person in the room ) , and then he would take the lift down to the chilly autumn street and Blackfriars station , all soot and sickly neon . |
| 21 | Then he would take another matchbox out and say " try these " . |
| 22 | And then he would take that complaint , if the branch committee approved it , you see , or nine times out of ten if the branch secretary thought it was a valid case , he would send it in a letter to the sectional council . |
| 23 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 24 | On Father 's Day I think what he 'd like best is to go shopping and then he 'll take me out , to Dunstable Downs to see the gliders . ’ |
| 25 | But the wide expanses of Aintree should suit his type of jumping and if he produces the form he showed at Leopardstown then he 'll take all the beating . |
| 26 | Hampstead somewhere , he thought , and then he might take the opportunity to slip into the big library at Swiss Cottage … |
| 27 | Then he can take her quietly into the conservatory at the same time as Mrs Hampton leaves the dining-room . ’ |
| 28 | And whoever took this four marb eight marbles had chucked them in this hole and if a even number come out it was mine , if a odd number came out then he 'd take the eight . |
| 29 | Then he 'd take it to someone who could cut er a key er so he could open the up the granary the late in in the middle of the night , when everybody were asleep , and steal oats for the horses . |
| 30 | Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife . |