Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he had no bill and or did n't pick it up , you 'd tell the proprietor that he must take his own proceedings — he 's swindled you out of the price of a meal and it 's a civil action . |
| 2 | For example , if the car in front goes under a bridge it should take you two seconds to reach that point . |
| 3 | In his book Anglo-Saxon England ( Cambridge 1970 ) Peter Hunter Blair wrote ( p.370 ) : ‘ The novice should take his first steps … with the aid of the Anglo-Saxon Primer by H. Sweet ( 9th edition , revised 1953 ) … [ then with ] An Introduction to Old English by G.L. Brook ( Manchester 1955 ) … and for a dictionary A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J.R.C. Hall . ’ |
| 4 | He should take his own route in his own time and avoid the tendency to see through others ' eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ It might take me all summer , but I 'll do it . |
| 6 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
| 7 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
| 8 | Well we can we can but as I said , the two lads who know about it , who could do it , they said well it might take us two days . |
| 9 | I tell you what , if you 're not taking me I 'll take me bloody self , I said , but I 'm taking your car . |
| 10 | It 'll take me fifty minutes |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll take her some daffodils . ’ |
| 12 | oh yeah , it 'll take him all day to get ready for it , psyching himself up , mentally prepare himself to get into the kitchen |
| 13 | It 's only natural for a newly-signed group to see their bloated , sap-sucking US record company as exceptional , spiritually different from all the others — but I 'll take their heartfelt claims with a line of salt , thanks . |
| 14 | It 'll take them all morning to cover the kids from the school . |
| 15 | Okay , we 'll take our own couple of units , couple of units . |
| 16 | ‘ Seems they intend to , but it 'll take 'em some time . |
| 17 | Yeah , I 'll take your little toy and smash it to pieces ! |
| 18 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 19 | You want to try and flick that , see if I can knock that little , one of those brass pigs , flick it and see if I knock it across the table , I 'll take my own finger off , the pig 'll hardly move . |
| 20 | I 'll take you one day . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll take you all dragon boat racing in Hong Kong harbour if you pay for the flights ! ’ replied Paul . |
| 22 | Oh I 'll take you some time then , I love it . |
| 23 | They 'll take you 250 miles further on to Madrid , then you catch a plane back . |
| 24 | I 'll take you this afternoon |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll take you this evening . |
| 26 | do that tonight , cos it 'll take it all week to dry ! |
| 27 | He 'll take it any place , any time , free , bought , or bribed . |
| 28 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
| 29 | ‘ And I 'll take his flowery blouse , it will look well on my lassie . ’ |
| 30 | No , does n't fit on it 's stopped recording change the change the tape so a su but going back to that she was so convinced that it was gon na be a heck of a job that she would save us time by taking all the clothes out putting them somewhere else and I said it 'll take us three minutes |