Example sentences of "would take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er after a time , they wanted to know if I 'd take complete charge and I said well yes I said , but what are the men gon na think ? |
| 2 | I 'd take other one . |
| 3 | Other delegates said they would take economic and political measures to achieve their final aim , including forming independent economic ties with other Soviet republics . |
| 4 | Is it feared that , without this request , passengers would take small change out of pocket or handbag and deliberately leave it on their seat before they proceed to the buffet car ? 11.33am . |
| 5 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 6 | Oblivious of the equivocal nature of her remarks , Gwendolen was hoping that Angelina , with whom Sir Thomas had chosen to sit at a table for two only , would take due note of her omission of the ‘ sir ’ . |
| 7 | The Germans , already in the country in large numbers , had seized Rome , and Hitler had ordered the setting up of a political system which would take effective control of the country and also take under its wing any future Fascist administration . |
| 8 | They would take separate holidays at least once every two years ; they would have at most two children and at a time of her choosing ; neither would publicly humiliate the other ; the spectrum of marital offences under this heading ranging from spoiling the other 's dinner-party stories to a too-public infidelity . |
| 9 | The shed running foreman had asked Sam if he would take young John as there was no one available at the time . |
| 10 | West German officials said they understood the trains would be sealed from the inside , and would take roundabout routes to evade jumpers-on . |
| 11 | It would take superhuman charity , she decided , to forgive , let alone encourage him . |
| 12 | She had been a fool to let Muriel choose a place to have lunch and would take good care that it did not happen again . |
| 13 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
| 14 | Seeing that sort of evidence , I would not put a ferret into the burrow but would take other action , since the fox is a predator I can manage very well without . |
| 15 | If piece-rates were lowered in an attempt to boost output then presumably workers would take other jobs , or would switch to another merchant . |
| 16 | On matinee days , Ken would take other members of the cast to the Kardoma restaurant in Piccadilly for a poached egg . |
| 17 | The most important modification of the draft , agreed after several hours of reportedly heated debate , was the omission of a clause whereby the declaration would take immediate effect . |
| 18 | After presiding over his first Cabinet meeting Moore promised on Sept. 10 that his government would take immediate steps to avert the $NZ2,500 million budget deficit forecast for 1991-92 . |
| 19 | The two would take low stances in the cages and stare out together on the world , separated by bars but joined in a common sympathy . |
| 20 | They would take long breaks , and would sometimes work slowly , leaving components in vats for longer than necessary . |
| 21 | He would take frustrating and puzzling journeys on the serpentine British railways to see her for a snatched fraction of a weekend in a provincial rep . |
| 22 | Victorin Hameni Bieleu , a leading member of the opposition , said that many parties believed that the RDPC would take complete control of the Assembly as a result and predicted a boycott of the elections " if things continue like this " . |
| 23 | Convincing them otherwise would take double-blind trials and a plausible explanation of how the sensitivity might arise . |
| 24 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
| 25 | A born poseur , she would take great pleasure in performing tricks to admiring audiences along the ritzy Avenue de la Croisette in Cannes . |
| 26 | He knew it would take great care and he knew also — inadmissible , subversive thought — that what he really wanted was to live with her here , securely , for the rest of his life : that was the earthly promise of the revelation at Hause Point . |
| 27 | TAXATION is unlikely to be increased , though that has been suggested , as it would take much-needed spending power out of the economy and be unacceptable to the newly-powerful Tory Backbenchers . |
| 28 | This stance may have been the result of the influence of senior officers of the regular army , assisted by a warning from Black 's solicitor that he would take legal proceedings should any new statement or comment on behalf of the army be libellous . |
| 29 | BANISHED weightlifter Andrew Davies protested his innocence last night and said he would take legal action to clear his name . |
| 30 | Luciano Querzoni , president of the region of Emilia-Romagna ( which had Bologna as its the capital ) , declared that the province would take legal steps against the decision and that " justice still has to be done " . |