Example sentences of "[modal v] not take [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future . |
| 2 | Inwardly she chafed a little that she too could not take to the ice and show this country maid a quicksilver pair of heels . |
| 3 | She could n't take to the child . |
| 4 | The middle classes would not take to the streets with their own version of Class War . |
| 5 | She added : ‘ We just ca n't take in the fact that a life with so much to offer has been suddenly ended . |
| 6 | Even if it were possible to identify a certain causal agent inside someone 's head we certainly can not take off the top of the skull and mend it ! |
| 7 | The second reason why conventional maps are unsuitable for the answering of the types of queries mentioned above is that the human eye and brain can not take in the amounts of information that would be present in the overlays and in the accompanying tables of figures and statistics . |