Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] take [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may take one more minute just to convey this when I was a child in South Africa and we demonstrated and the police would come you know , ready to fire ready to kill if necessary and you had to calculate how you can avoid that situation and then you try in your normal life after the demonstration to do something against the regime to organize people and so on , and then like a juggernaut the state comes and destroys all the work that you and others have done for years and you just see it as a child of what your parents and others had done . |
| 2 | Re remind me tomorrow I must take those twenty vouchers |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't see why I should take any more risks for a man I hardly know . ’ |
| 4 | Before we vote , I 'll take one more speaker , Ken . |
| 5 | Right , time marches on we 've got five minutes before this meeting closes , so if you 've got another question , I 'll take one more question for Chris and then she 's off the hook . |
| 6 | Well I I thought oh go and watch the telly and I 'll send Paul round when he gets back right , I 'll take these two mugs to school , those with the on what did you do with the other one ? |
| 7 | I 'll take these two paintings home . |
| 8 | First , I 'll take this little fellow to my wife . |
| 9 | Higueras adds , ‘ if I could be born again , I 'd take that big serve of Jim Courier 's . |
| 10 | I 'd take any other cars ! |
| 11 | Should the FA come calling I would take any managerial post offered , even Coventry City . |
| 12 | In accordance with the theme of this chapter , I shall simply use ‘ stylistics ’ as a convenient label ( hence the inverted commas ) for the branch of literary studies that concentrates on the linguistic form of texts , and I shall take four different examples of this kind of work as alternatives to the Prague School 's and Jakobson 's approach to the relationship between linguistics and literature . |
| 13 | However , if you are a typical Piscean , then unexpected events or developments which took place around the time of the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th should have made you realise that you are now going through a phase when you must take certain drastic actions to safeguard your long-term comfort and security . |
| 14 | You must take all reasonable precautions |
| 15 | You must take all reasonable precautions |
| 16 | You must take all reasonable precautions to : — |
| 17 | You must take all reasonable precautions to : |
| 18 | You must take all reasonable precautions to : |
| 19 | You must take all reasonable precautions to : |
| 20 | You must take all reasonable precautions to safeguard official security passes , computer access cards and passwords ( for example TRES and NUBS 2 keys ) and all official documents . |
| 21 | And I do n't see why you should take that little crook 's daughter 's word over mine . ’ |
| 22 | Whether your hair has been chemically treated or not , you should take extra rich products to put back the moisture removed by the sun , sea and chlorine . |
| 23 | you 'll took that three grand |
| 24 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 25 | She heard a noise , but , before she could take any evasive action , a cycle came spinning round the corner and the sharp eyes of the girl who had been cleaning the farm were on her intently . |
| 26 | So you used to take these five sums out to be marked and he 'd put right , tick , right , wrong , right , you know . |
| 27 | After Mr Kennedy had been taken back to their villa by his wife , Shelley entered the details of the case into a file , and wondered if she need take any further action . |
| 28 | And er , you can take that frigging fisherman 's and all ! |
| 29 | ‘ You can take some fresh milk and some of my newly baked bread to the garden in the mornings . |
| 30 | However , you can take some sensible steps to vet a would-be nanny : Check her references , even if she comes through an agency . |