Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this time we will take measures to protect ourselves against your duplicity . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Only this time I 'll take it wie me when I go out . ’ |
| 3 | This time he would take Eliza with him all the way to her brother 's homestead at Yarrundi , so he could be sure of being in the area for at least three months . |
| 4 | I know what that man owes to Harry , and what to me , and I have kept the account , and in good time I shall take what is due . |
| 5 | Closing her eyes , she melted into his embrace , willingly parted her mouth for him — and she truly had n't known , until now , how many ways there were to kiss — or what a gloriously long time it would take to discover them all . |
| 6 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ If we had more time I 'd take you up on that challenge you 're issuing , my lady , ’ he growled , in a voice that had gone dark and soft . |
| 8 | The opportunist housebreaker will not shirk from breaking a window , of course , but the more levels of protection you create , the more time it will take him — which is a risk he may not wish to take . |
| 9 | Graham Ward , the Price Waterhouse partner on the Prudential audit and vice-chairman of the Institute 's Auditing Committee , says : ‘ The more efficient a company 's accounting function might be , the less time it should take to do the audit . ’ |
| 10 | But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice . |
| 11 | I , I er , looks like erm teaching eleven fifteen to one fifteen my lunch hour is say one fifteen to two fifteen and technically I can er have it , I could probably , I could be , take off Friday afternoon , it 's the only time I could take off for averaging |
| 12 | that 's the only time I can take off time off in lieu , which is annoying |
| 13 | At the same time she can take the opportunity to try to build the esteem of those class members who lack confidence and are finding the work slightly embarrassing . |
| 14 | At any time you can take too much or too little of something and die . |
| 15 | I said that the " genetic ruler " of Figure 8 enables us to calculate the minimum time it would take to evolve from one point to another . |
| 16 | We 've got an arrangement with the health authority about the maximum time we will take in assessing somebody for discharge from hospital . |
| 17 | Well there is some argument in that , but , you know they should be looking at alternatives somebody to drive you out the sites where they , the whole time they would take you there and bring you back . |
| 18 | Next time we 'll take an X-ray . ’ |
| 19 | We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day . |
| 20 | Next time I 'd take him his own barrel . |
| 21 | She smiled bravely and replied to the effect that next time she would take care to marry a politician . |