Example sentences of "would take i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that would take me longer |
| 2 | I feel my present responsibilities are as much as I want to cope with and , from now on , promotion would take me away from teaching children . |
| 3 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 4 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |
| 5 | When he got up to go I tried to tell him that I understood , that I would n't say anything if he would take me home , but he backed away out . |
| 6 | ‘ I work in sales and am sure none of my clients would take me seriously if I did n't turn up in a sharp suit . |
| 7 | Only Bob , with his experience as a psychiatric nurse , would take me seriously . |
| 8 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 9 | She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes . |
| 10 | ( The so-called bra half is also used and written ( To explain what purpose it serves would take me too far into the mathematical mysteries of dual vector spaces and scalar products — see Appendix , A4 . ) |