Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] take me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you what , if you 're not taking me I 'll take me bloody self , I said , but I 'm taking your car . |
| 2 | I invented a task for myself , which would take me that way . |
| 3 | Moodie said afterwards : ‘ I was determined to get a good start which would take me clear of the pack . |
| 4 | If I lo , if I sit out there looks , looking sorry for myself then somebody will take me . |
| 5 | Sampson feels ‘ a very great aversion ’ to Slinkton as soon as he sees him : ‘ His hair , which was elaborately brushed and oiled , was parted straight up the middle ; and he presented this parting to the clerk , exactly … as if he had said , in so many words : ‘ You must take me , if you please , my friend , just as I show myself . |
| 6 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ , ‘ A leopard ca n't change his spots ’ and other maxims take an essentially pessimistic view about the malleability of behaviour . |
| 7 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |
| 8 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll fight them , but if we get your ship back for you , you must take me back to England . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't speak for others , Doctor , and you must take me as you find me , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 12 | She says she might take me to see them . |
| 13 | You might take me there and then run away and leave me ! " said the tiger fearfully . |
| 14 | " Then you 'll take me into the organization ? " |
| 15 | ‘ Well , as we 're in the presence of two students — postgraduate students — I daresay you 'll take me to be sucking up , but the times are rather interesting , do n't you find ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 'll take me — to see Aunt Bertha ? |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'll take me , James , ’ said Amaranth , her laugh tinkling like so many distant cow bells . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 'll take me to the concert in the cloisters at Pollensa this weekend . ’ |
| 19 | You 'll take me out with you ? ’ |
| 20 | " Do you think she 'll take me back ? " |
| 21 | Then she could take me backstage to meet her beautiful , talented , desirable sister , and who knows … ’ |
| 22 | I was really glad to be going out with Mary instead of Mum ; I do n't think Mary had ever asked if she could take me with her before . |
| 23 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 24 | I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there . |
| 25 | You promised you 'd take me . ’ |
| 26 | You said if I 'd quit bugging you about it , you 'd take me . |
| 27 | ‘ I wish you 'd take me with you , ’ said Aelis from under the shadow of her tangled golden hair , in a tone he had never heard from her before . |
| 28 | She goes to me , oh how you getting to well I was hoping like , you 'd take me , she goes , oh yes ? |
| 29 | I suppose you could take me out somewhere nice for dinner , but I 'm not fit to be seen anywhere nice . |
| 30 | why I , I wanted to go around with you , but I wanted you , what I was thinking of when I was sat in the car that you , when you come back you could take me round when you 've been round |