Example sentences of "would [adv] take the " in BNC.

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1 Once the beer can had been invented , that is evolved , in one place , it was inevitable that it would eventually take the place of the bottle all over the world , though the process is still going on .
2 They argued that development would eventually take the Third World through its own demographic transition to low rates of death and birth .
3 On the other hand , when the price is much below 36s. , even those sellers who would rather take the price than leave the market with their corn unsold , will argue that at that price the demand will be in excess of the supply : so they will wait , and by waiting help to bring the price up .
4 It would only take the appear the appearance of a mutant , who chose to put its own reproductive success first , for the whole system to break down .
5 And they would n't touch her with a barge pole cos it 's all plastic and all fake and people would just take the piss .
6 He would not take the money .
7 It would not take the Regent long to ride there , but the displaying of himself and party in the quite large township and before the castle itself could take time ; and coaxing Balliol and his people out , if successful , might take longer still .
8 But he had indicated , on his appointment as vice-president last spring , that he would not take the traditional route to the presidency as he would be retiring from OUP during 1993 .
9 The waiter would not take the order if he knew that the accused did not intend to pay .
10 The jury rejected the newspaper 's defence that the ordinary reasonable reader of the " News of the World " would not take the allegations of such a person seriously .
11 He would not take the crown ; therefore ‘ t is certain he was not ambitious
12 His relations gave him up , deploring his French expedition and the revolutionary sympathies it so clearly implied , and despairing that he would ever take the opportunities available to him for making a career in the Church or the law .
13 Mr Graham would always take the view that this ‘ dignity ’ was something like a woman 's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it .
14 He said that the inspectorate would probably take the form of an ‘ inspectorate of national inspectorates ’ .
15 The theory is that if he stayed with the females throughout the year , he would compete with them for food and would probably take the best of what was available .
16 It was that inborn sense of duty that motivated people like Joanna They would automatically take the helm .
17 Having some information on helplines in other areas and countries , they realized that such a service in London would both take the pressure off them and be an asset to the community .
18 The December meeting would now take the form of a consultative congress .
19 I should be obliged if you would now take the appropriate steps to have the recoveries examined or alternatively to authorise their return .
20 ‘ I would n't take the picture for a million dollars .
21 Not strange at all , of course , in economic terms , since the slacks and Pringle jumper brigade who make up the bulk of business in summer would n't take the Austin Maxi out of the car-port if there was even a remote chance of frost .
22 She had a commode in her room , but she just could n't use the commode or she 'd urinate on it — she just would n't take the lid off or get the hang of this thing at all .
23 I knew that from day one , and would n't take the trouble of working and saving for them .
24 I would n't take the Ariel A147 on the mountains again but would use it at low level campsites .
25 He would n't take the hint , though .
26 The Phoenix in London 's Charing Cross Road , which was empty at the time , would n't take the play .
27 I would n't take no no I would n't take the golf clubs with me .
28 uh uh I would n't take the chance
29 But she would n't take the blame , because she had done nothing to encourage it .
30 rotting away they would n't take the rubbish would they ?
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