Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Marais Poitevin is a pleasantly low-profile tourist attraction where you can take canal-boat trips from villages that have hardly changed in the 15-odd years I 've known them : Maillezais , with a huge and rather dull ruined abbey , and Coulon , where I first ate the delicious local version of moules marinieres called mouclade . |
| 2 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 3 | " I 'm Dan Brady , and I 've served the Cause both here and at home since before you were born … so I 'd take that look off your face before I take it off for you . " |
| 4 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 5 | Choose one with a tape at least 3.5m ( 12ft ) long , marked with both metric and imperial measurements ; it 's a good idea to choose one with a lock so you can take long measurements without the tape coiling up . |
| 6 | Cos even National Savings cycle over a five year period , and what you want to achieve is money coming back into your hands regularly over that period so you can take another look at what you 're doing . |
| 7 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 8 | Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data . |
| 9 | In this way it is possible to re-start the routine that was enjoyed previously , although it may take some days of patience to break the new habit . |
| 10 | The activities of moth larvae feeding on the fur or feathers binding the pellets together result in their breakdown even in dry conditions , although it may take several years for pellets to completely disintegrate . |
| 11 | Although he will take urgent steps to impose a new contract , which they have rejected , he has told the doctors ' and dentists ' pay review body that he is prepared to tackle any problems arising in the first year . |
| 12 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ So it could take some time ? ’ |
| 14 | He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument . |
| 15 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 18 | what , what I wondered was if you can take some bleach down , I think there 's probably some down in the loo downstairs , and at least put some of that into , can you do that ? |
| 19 | If we can take positive action to improve communication , then the whole community will benefit . |
| 20 | If we can take full advantage of the limited opportunities presented in a depressed market , we shall create a springboard for our future prosperity . |
| 21 | It would be much easier to get her identified if we could take some photographs around , to show to likely people . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Much better , if they 'd take any notice of me , ’ said Melissa with a grin . |
| 23 | The shed running foreman had asked Sam if he would take young John as there was no one available at the time . |
| 24 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 25 | He had reached Blakemere , which was only two miles further on , when he pondered if he should take another direction and make his way to the river , but the thought that even this far out there 'd be a number of people on the banks today , mostly youngsters , he guessed , swimming or playing the usual dangerous game of swinging out over the river on a rope attached to a tree branch , deterred him . |
| 26 | Which is that if we take these cards , instead of dropping in one at here there and everywhere and I doubt if anyone will take much notice of one , maybe I 'm a bit personally interested in , if I say could we all drop them in at Prestos in Rougier Street ? |
| 27 | ‘ They 'll know because I shall take great pleasure in telling everyone the truth ! ’ |
| 28 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
| 29 | Breeze was rather glad of the excuse to go out without Susan , because she could take this opportunity of returning Roger Kenyon 's wallet . |
| 30 | But I do n't consider it really music ; it 's not music because anybody could take those words and learn how to say them and it would sound just as good with anybody else saying them . |