Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 In his book Anglo-Saxon England ( Cambridge 1970 ) Peter Hunter Blair wrote ( p.370 ) : ‘ The novice should take his first steps … with the aid of the Anglo-Saxon Primer by H. Sweet ( 9th edition , revised 1953 ) … [ then with ] An Introduction to Old English by G.L. Brook ( Manchester 1955 ) … and for a dictionary A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J.R.C. Hall . ’
2 Before he could take his first step into the water he saw the fish .
3 He would take her first thing in the morning to see it .
4 His heart sank when he saw where his questionings would take him next .
5 Now , as if objecting already to the place where it would take its first breath , it kicked against her stomach wall quite forcibly .
6 And King is seeking quality crosses as Tranmere bid for a Prenton victory that would take them third in the first division .
7 ‘ Nobody would take their first album .
8 The £4.3m department at Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital will take its first patients next week .
9 Who knows where it will take me next ! ’
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