Example sentences of "[pron] could take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 2 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 3 | You think I could take such knowledge calmly ? |
| 4 | I could take that tape to some of the houses I go to , but every other word they use is an F word ! |
| 5 | Before he could speak , Culley continued , ‘ On the other hand , I could take that beer can , ram it up your ass and kick it out through your teeth . |
| 6 | I could take some colour photos of myself in the whole ensemble and maybe send Marcus one . |
| 7 | If I wanted I could take some revenge on him , which would also — some puny power — be a bitter reproach to my own pointless life . |
| 8 | Glancing towards his staff' he said , ‘ I could take some coaching from the sidelines , if anyone can recall my legislative program . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think I could take another night without alcohol ! |
| 10 | Chairman while though it 's being recorded perhaps I could take this opportunity to add mine . |
| 11 | But most seemed intitially content to accept the restructuring which could take six months to negotiate . |
| 12 | Prior to this , local papers had rarely carried pictures ; those that were used had first to be made into printing blocks in London — a process which could take six weeks . |
| 13 | There are a number of reasons for this which could take all day to expound , but the main reason and the one I shall elaborate is that industrialised agriculture nearly always consumes more energy than it produces and is living off capital in the form of fossil fuels . |
| 14 | We have to conclude that the Soviet Union is now heading into the unknown , an unknown which could take dramatic directions . " |
| 15 | However , in December 1989 , the Irish Supreme Court , following an appeal from SPUC , granted an injunction against USI , prohibiting them from distributing information until the European Court makes its decision , which could take several years . |
| 16 | Councillors are hoping for a settlement without the need for court action but are prepared for a legal battle which could take several years during which time both sides could run up massive costs running into many tens of thousands . |
| 17 | In the event of serious damage to the building which could take 6 months or more to repair , consideration should be given to renting a property on a short term basis . |
| 18 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 19 | He was jealous of Florian , she accepted , but she could take little comfort or encouragement from the knowledge , except in so far as it meant that he was n't ready to put an end to their affair quite yet . |
| 20 | Breeze was rather glad of the excuse to go out without Susan , because she could take this opportunity of returning Roger Kenyon 's wallet . |
| 21 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 22 | At least she could take some comfort from the fact that Rune Christensen was also in the hunt . |
| 23 | Everyone knew that a breaking point had to come ; and everyone who could took extraordinary measures to protect himself . |
| 24 | Both organisations had as their chief promoter Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld , a brave and dedicated man who could take personal credit for bringing out some 250 children from Vienna and Berlin . |
| 25 | I really believed you could take that way out . |
| 26 | Erm you could take two cars if you want to . |
| 27 | ‘ Adam , if you 'd be good enough to finish what you 're doing , perhaps you could take this weapon from me , since I 'm sure you 're more accustomed to guns than I am . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You could take any keeper in Britain — there 's not one we would rather have between the post tonight more than him . |
| 29 | So I 'm suggesting that that , we could take that box out er er and this be re-phrased as a sentence , either at the top |
| 30 | We could take other examples , but I think these are sufficient to indicate some of the difficuIties that are involved when a deceptively simple question is posed such as ‘ what are services ? ’ |