Example sentences of "i [modal v] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not confident about how I should take the hon. Gentleman 's concluding remarks , but I shall bear with equanimity what I suspect may be a poisoned chalice . |
| 2 | I said give us the keys and said I 'll take the bloody car . |
| 3 | I 'll take the civil service . ’ |
| 4 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 5 | I 'll take the spare horse . ’ |
| 6 | you take the high road and I 'll take the long road and I 'll be in Scotland |
| 7 | 13 I 'll take the lone road |
| 8 | I 'll take the lone road Alex Gordon on why he thinks Scotland should go its own way |
| 9 | If you do n't come back I 'll take the whole bottle . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll take the whippy hedge , you take the sky . |
| 11 | I 'll take the English car and be done with it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'LL TAKE THE NEAR POST , YOU GET PISSED ON ‘ WOGAN ’ . ’ |
| 13 | He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams . |
| 14 | " I could take the whole lot . " |
| 15 | Given the chance , I suppose I 'd take the Flying Carrot to Bombay again , though by that time I 'd have taken parachute lessons . |
| 16 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 17 | ‘ When I went to school , I were n't above eight or nine year old and I used to have to go hawking milk , as I told you , before I went to school ; and then I used to take the empty cans to school , bring them home at dinner-time . |
| 18 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 19 | I shall take the odd break from coffee mornings to engage in militant breastfeeding in some prominent spot in a major department store . |
| 20 | ‘ I will take the Private Ledger , ’ Bragg said , pulling out his pipe . |
| 21 | I will take the damned responsibility myself . " |
| 22 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 23 | But occasionally I will take the big pan and fill it with onions , carrots and potatoes for a grand stew . |
| 24 | If they say ‘ Red cards ’ You say good so I will take the red cards away . ’ |
| 25 | However , if flames and abusive stuff get out of hand , I can take the offending parties off the list , no matter who they support . |
| 26 | Fair enough , I can take the honest cut and thrust of intellectual debate . |