Example sentences of "[modal v] be take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are an essential part of society and should be taking a lead on things like this . |
| 2 | Er , I agree with them that the elderly do have a bad deal , but if e , if somebody 's got to take money off well surely sho , the government should be taking a cut ten to twenty percent off of their damned wages ! |
| 3 | We were wrong to look for redress from others when we should be taking the wrong done to our master upon ourselves . |
| 4 | Bob Ewell who is the father of the so called victim , Mayella , is prepared to use his influence as a white to get Tom convicted even though we know that it is Bob Ewell who should be taking the punishment as it is made clear in the trial that he is the person who abuses Mayella not Tom . |
| 5 | The teachers felt that they 'd put so much effort into it , that it er , should be taken a stage further , |
| 6 | If by ‘ weirdos ’ , Ms Fahey means bizarrely attired , tousled-tressed former narcoticists who perform in beat groups , then one fears that in the form husband , Mr David Stewart , she might be taking the problem with her . |
| 7 | The argument might be taken a step further . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll be taking a look at it ourselves , I should n't wonder . ’ |
| 9 | That 's it for now , but I hope you 'll join me later for tonight 's Central Lobby when we 'll be taking a look at the history of Oxford Prison . |
| 10 | In a while we 'll be taking a look around the show , and finding out about a traditional breed of sheep and a very small breed of cattle . |
| 11 | We 'll be taking a look around the scene here in a few moments , but first let's see how the people and town of Cheltenham prepares for the biggest invasion of the year . |
| 12 | I 've informed him that we 'll be taking the place over in the near future , but not why , naturally . ’ |
| 13 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 14 | The global trend toward intensive farming could be taking the world on " an accelerating merry-go round to hell " according to Sir James Goldsmith in a lecture given to the Royal Society . |
| 15 | Cooperative acquisition may be taken a stage further if a system of centralized acquisition is introduced . |
| 16 | And I would if I 'm gon na use that term because I think I would be taking a flier with you . |
| 17 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 18 | would n't it anyway , so it would be taking a bite out of that reduced cherry . |
| 19 | ‘ That would be taking a risk , ’ she agreed tartly . |
| 20 | ‘ I reckon just about the whole population of Kingsmarkham knew Charlie Hatton would be taking the field path home that night . ’ |
| 21 | Following a decision by the Supreme Court in September 1989 to close the investigation into the West German commune , Colonia Dignidad [ see pp. 36346 ; 36932 ] , on the grounds that no crimes had been discovered there which could affect international relations , the West German Foreign Minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher , on Sept. 26 announced that he would be taking the issue to the UN Commission on Human Rights . |
| 22 | She was furious , denied everything and said her husband would be taking the matter up with my editor . |
| 23 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 24 | Could it be that eight years on and with a child into the bargain , she and Brian would be taking the game up again ? |
| 25 | I hoped Thessy was fast asleep for he would be taking the morning watch . |
| 26 | The sensible thing would be to take no notice , shut the window and come back to bed . |
| 27 | One way would be to take the cost of buying a car of the same age and then trying to quantify the cost of running it throughout the notice period . |
| 28 | His instinct of dishonesty came to the fore again and he thought a way to get the money would be to take the car which he was allowed to use but not to sell . ’ |
| 29 | But they did n't care , tending to the view that the City was a viper 's nest of scheming capitalists , whose sole reason for investing would be to take the paper over . |
| 30 | Next week we shall be taking a look at quite a different subject . |