Example sentences of "[vb mod] take some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both bodies must take some credit for the fact that dissatisfaction with a finished product is rare , and refusal to pay unheard of . |
| 2 | Despite Leicester 's pressure the Tranmere goalkeeper was not as active as he should have been although his defence must take some credit for that . |
| 3 | That is a serious situation , for which the Government must take some responsibility , because they have not introduced policies to correct it . |
| 4 | However , in such a case , since the seller may well have to take on commitments , either to purchase materials and components or to manufacture without order cover , so that he can be ready to supply the forecast requirements if ordered , the buyer must take some responsibility if he does not purchase up to his forecast . |
| 5 | Perhaps the royal family itself must take some blame for the manic British obsession with its affairs . |
| 6 | They say National starter Captain Keith Brown should take some share of the blame for the abandoned race . |
| 7 | He knew also that the human race freely chose to reject him ; it was only right that they should take some responsibility : mankind as well as God must be responsible for reversing the effects of the fall and for moving on to the mature relationship with the creator that had been ordained for them from all eternity . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps you should take some soap and water to your ears , ’ Miss Beard said acidly . |
| 9 | Even so the courts should take some account of the costs of implementing their decisions when they sentence , especially when they have a choice of suitable penal ties . |
| 10 | Right , so you reckon that er they should n't charge twenty quid more for another television set , they should take some advertising ? |
| 11 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it might take some while for the outside world to learn of . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a nasty feeling that getting anywhere might take some time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Although that might take some time , of course . ’ |
| 15 | The historian of the future might be able to reconstitute all the documents mentioning a particular subject in an automated PRO but the manner in which they inter-relate might take some time to unravel . |
| 16 | Yeah , oh , well April is Easter , April nineteen , twenty , twenty one , twenty two , and it looks like your father he said he might take some time in n it ? |
| 17 | Loving in truth , and fain in verse my love to show , That she ( dear she ) might take some pleasure of my pain ; Pleasure might cause her read , reading might make her know ; Knowledge might pity win , and pity grace obtain ; I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe , Studying investions fine , her wits to entertain ; Oft turning others ' leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain . |
| 18 | If you say , ‘ I keep thinking you might take some LSD and have a bad trip and get scrambled-egg brains and never be the same again and I really love you the way you are , ’ that 's fine because you 've confined yourself to what you know and what you feel . |
| 19 | He had been told from the start that recovery would happen , but it might take some years , so he felt their hopes were realistic . |
| 20 | Eventually they could become brittle with age , but this might take some years . |
| 21 | This simple enquiry , which a user may feel' ought to have an immediate response , might take some seconds to process . |
| 22 | ‘ Hunt is a legend here but if I go on and beat his all-time record I think it 'll take some bettering . |
| 23 | Right , we 'll take some calls after this , starting with Humphrey from Kew , David from Pinner and Bob from Edgeware . |
| 24 | ROS : It 'll take some beating , I imagine . |
| 25 | They 'll take some beating . |
| 26 | " You 'll take some treacle tart , " she told Daniel , the set of her pugnacious jaw warning him that she was not asking a question so much as issuing a command . |
| 27 | Okay so a quarter of an hour and we 'll take some feedback I think the er last one is perhaps So if anybody 's got or anything else perhaps |
| 28 | I 'll take some Bovril up for 'er too , and some sausage rolls , we all 'ave to keep body an' soul together . |
| 29 | Now , obviously I 'm not going to talk about profits from the T V division just now , because Thames only came in at the half year , and we 're not including any profits from B Sky B in the half year , but it 's likely that we 'll take some de-loan stock interest in at the year end . |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll take some time , not today , ’ said Mr Reichmann following the briefing of bankers in Toronto on Monday afternoon . |