Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who overdose in a suicidal attempt may take one or several drugs but generally ingest at most one pack of each . |
| 2 | What other boat could take us ? ’ the fat man asked . |
| 3 | When he was ready , the wind would take him off the beach . |
| 4 | A Thames waterman would take his grandson , on his Sunday visits , out on his lighter , handing down his skills to the fifth generation to work on the river : ‘ he was one of those methodical old fellows who live quietly , and never get ruffled . ’ |
| 5 | Where the future will take him is any-one 's guess . |
| 6 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 7 | A new gondola cable car will take you to dizzy heights , enabling you to appreciate the mountains in their true splendour . |
| 8 | A cable car will take you most of the way . |
| 9 | ( A cable car will take you almost to le sommet . ) |
| 10 | Your day-by-day programme will take you through the necessary steps but , first , here are some important tips on the subject of food . |
| 11 | Our lucky couple will fly with USAir to Las Vegas where a limousine will take them to the sensational medieval-style Excalibur Hotel for their six-night stay . |
| 12 | And then the other fella will take it to the plank . |
| 13 | A walk to the Hadi Gari Bar down by the harbour will take you right through the hustle and bustle of the narrow streets of the old town and can take as little as five minutes , although you 'll be hard pressed not to be distracted by the jewellery , leather and clothes offered by street vendors at every corner . |
| 14 | The typical rationalist will take it as self-evident that a high value is to be placed on knowledge developed in accordance with the universal criterion . |
| 15 | For example , pressing the key followed by the F key will take you into the filer popdown . |
| 16 | But a short labour can take its toll on the mother . |
| 17 | Of course , this lightness means the wind can take it unless you anchor it down . |
| 18 | Alison waved from the window of the departing taxi and Celia waved back , a sudden feeling of depression taking hold of her to such an extent that she abandoned her idea of looking for a pram and set off , rather aimlessly , in the direction of Leicester Square in the faint hope that perhaps a cinema might take her mind off things . |
| 19 | my sister 'll take yours as well . |
| 20 | It should be appreciated , however , that exactly the same kind of analysis as we shall develop here could be made equally revealingly of practical , everyday communism , Christianity , the apartheid philosophy of white South Africa , l the delusions of the mentally ill , or , as Ernest Gellner so tellingly shows , contemporary linguistic philosophy.2 So while our quest to understand the mysteries of witchcraft may take us deep into the inaccessible jungles of distant continents , we shall regularly encounter disconcertingly familiar images showing how dose to home we really are . |
| 21 | The village of Juniper Green may take its name from the Juniper bushes which once covered the lower slopes of the Pentlands . |
| 22 | As Home Secretary , it was Ede who had written on Evans ' papers when considering whether there were any circumstances to justify a reprieve : ‘ The Law must take its course ’ . |
| 23 | Belatedly , Dorman-Smith sought London 's permission to prosecute , and at first Attlee — in charge of the affairs of Burma while Pethick-Lawrence was in India with the Cabinet Mission — agreed that the law must take its course . |
| 24 | Judge Slack said the law must take its course . |
| 25 | In affording to them immunity from suit if they have acted in good faith in compliance with a legal or moral duty or in protection of a legitimate interest the law must take them as it finds them . |
| 26 | There is literally no social arena — from the strongest material relationship to the most subtle moral one — in which the possessing classes and a self-conscious proletariat could take one and the same position and figure as an undifferentiated whole . |
| 27 | It would mean then erm that a district council could take its allocation under I five in its local plan , distribute it everywhere except in the town centre |
| 28 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 29 | But are you sure Con would take him ? " |
| 30 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |