Example sentences of "[modal v] take me [adv] " in BNC.

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1 How ironic that it should take me so long to know how I feel about a man and then in that same moment realise that he really is the bastard I first took him for !
2 His mother might take me away to live with her .
3 You might take me there and then run away and leave me ! " said the tiger fearfully .
4 but then again it 'll take me longer to find that one this morning
5 The child , now turning a smiling face towards Aggie , said , ‘ I 'll stand on the chair and that 'll take me half-way up , but you 'll have to do the rest , as I ca n't reach .
6 ‘ They 'll take me seriously , just you watch them ! ’
7 They 'll take me there and you can come too . ’
8 Then she could take me backstage to meet her beautiful , talented , desirable sister , and who knows … ’
9 He may take me tonight and then reject me tomorrow .
10 And you , Miss Florence , used to take me upstairs and give me milk and a bun .
11 so I , I used to , he used to take me home and then he used to go and stand in the queue
12 My Ma used to take me there , and Bernard would cut my hair for fourpence .
13 Then Sally used to take me there John and David .
14 He says my mum used to take me everywhere I wanted to go but she ca n't anymore so I 've got to get there by bus or by bike .
15 No he used to , I know who , Dawn , he used to take me sometimes and a couple of times he took me up to the and he used to say to me and what would you take for starters so I always said well I always like erm prawn cocktail
16 I knew that would take me longer
17 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 .
18 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 . ’
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ 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 .
22 Only Bob , with his experience as a psychiatric nurse , would take me seriously .
23 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 .
24 She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes .
25 ( 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 . )
26 Constance had barely heard of it but said , with much more confidence than she was feeling , ‘ No , but I hope Ludo will take me there soon . ’
27 No other world will take me so fully into its secret ways .
28 Of course , there are times when it 's frustrating — it can take me twice as long to find anything , for example .
29 ‘ You can take me home , ’ she said .
30 I 'm only going to shake hands anyway , then you can take me home . ’
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