Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] take [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 2 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 3 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 4 | The adoption should n't affect her , they should n't take her into account , but Kegan thinks they might want her token agreement , so I 've got to handle this right . |
| 5 | I only pray heaven she may not take it into her head to run away while I am out of reach ! ’ |
| 6 | It may not take you via many of the islands which Wallace visited , but at least you 'll arrive . |
| 7 | Ellen was emphatic : — I could not take myself to a Foreign Land as you did Lily and never wanted such a thing and though you would be there that alone would in no way satisfy me and I should be afraid . |
| 8 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 9 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 10 | She could not take him to Nan-Nan who would soon be , if she were n't already , fussing , supervising the nurserymaids , the care of the baby … . |
| 11 | One of them , Machik , ‘ manifested great inventiveness , cunning and insidiousness in his struggle against the Russian authorities , and the voevody could not take him at his word ’ . |
| 12 | I wanted a space blanket even more , but I could not take anything from the Land Rover for myself until the next settlement . |
| 13 | He had , he knew his stuff obviously , but he — I mean the fact , the way looked on Goudy and that whole thing , he just could n't take himself beyond that certain . |
| 14 | Bill knows he must go to John 's now and explain why he could n't take them to Disneyland , clear it all up before John dies . |
| 15 | Some of them had to walk because you they they could n't take them in in in any conveyance at all because er it was over what they call the viaducts , you know and the big rushes and reeds , I told you about a chap hitting them did n't I ? |
| 16 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 17 | Asked why the interest in Elvis , Walken said that a girl he had a crush on in school used to carry round a picture of her boyfriend , and this was used as an excuse for why Walken could n't take her to his high school prom . |
| 18 | Pity she could n't take him into the nightclub , Tramp . |
| 19 | " What they was quarrelling about I could n't take it on myself to say , except that it was about a lady , and that Dr. Lorrimer was upset because she 'd telephoned Mr. Middlemass . |
| 20 | Shame I could n't take it to University with me that 'll be interesting ! |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't take it from him . |
| 22 | I think they dare n't take it to Road at Nottingham for some reason . |
| 23 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 24 | ‘ I shall not take him to Court . |
| 25 | Oh yeah there , there 's some people I would n't take them to . |
| 26 | But she would n't take them from the tin until tomorrow . |
| 27 | Yeah , cos they would n't take me to bloody Amsterdam ! |
| 28 | So erm they would n't take him in the army but he , he was in the more or less he was , he was in the map making department . |
| 29 | ‘ You know I would n't take anything from that woman , and I do n't know how you can , Maria . ’ |
| 30 | He would n't take it to school for Barry and his mates to kick round the playground . |