Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I do n't think I could take another night without alcohol ! |
| 3 | A glance at the g-meter again revealed the problem : if your feet weigh three times what your muscles expect they will take more effort to move ! |
| 4 | They had also created for themselves a moral environment to which few Englishmen found they could take serious exception . |
| 5 | But the main opposition party say they may take legal action because they suspect fraud . |
| 6 | Jordanstown couple Sean and Patti McMurtry say they will take civil proceedings against the medics , who were found guilty last week of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council . |
| 7 | Yes , so I thought , I might erm , cos I bought a jumper , I bought a pale blue jumper to go with the flowery leggings , but , I 've decided I 'll take blue jumper back , cos , although it would be alright with plain white trousers I thought that 's all I would wear it with , I would n't wear it with anything else , so , I think I 'll change that , if I get the dark blue leggings like Jamie , then I 'll get the striped jumper the same . |
| 8 | I really believed you could take that way out . |
| 9 | DO YOU sometimes feel you should take more exercise ? |
| 10 | Dana took her time in following her sister , and Claudia imagined she would take full advantage of her sister 's absence . |
| 11 | A hard-line pressure group , the Campaign for Real Education ( CRE ) , says it will take head teachers and governors to court if they fail to take action against ‘ obstructive ’ members of staff . |
| 12 | The ministry says it will take this action under the 1854 Defence Act if the commoners — local residents — can not agree to relinquish rights which affect military installations . |
| 13 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 14 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |
| 15 | Interviewing her could take several days . |
| 16 | Love managed his second successive 68 , adding : ‘ We were warned that play would be slow here but I could n't believe it would take six hours . |
| 17 | Mr Towndrow left his mother-in-law , a former pianist , at 4pm having been told it would take two hours to deliver her to Mile End , two miles away . |
| 18 | Whatever the treatment , remember it will take many weeks to take effect . |
| 19 | ‘ But then , I might have known you would take that attitude . |
| 20 | and erm , we both decided we 'd take this diploma and er Mr erm in his kindness let us erm erm go off to the workshops and do some practical work and erm my wife lived at Stow Upland and I was lodging in Ipswich and er he even allowed us to study in the , in the erm Enquiry Office in the evenings . |
| 21 | No one is saying we should take crazy risks . |
| 22 | They should only regulate the mix of house types when there are specific planning reasons for such control , and in so doing they should take particular account of marketing considerations . |
| 23 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 24 | He decided it would take less time to break the copyguards than to go back for the correct disc . |
| 25 | Echo Logic is n't rushing towards the Intel iAPX-86 market , estimating it would take nine months and four or five dedicated folks working on it . |
| 26 | I somehow do n't think they will take major amounts of money at those very restrictive odds , though I suppose you may get a couple of punters putting down a few quid each way : - ) . |
| 27 | Redlands has sold around fifty disused sites around the country for similar schemes in the last decade and insists they would take local people 's needs into account in deciding what kind of houses would be built . |
| 28 | Being a foreigner , I felt I should take that advice . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I 'd take another blood glucose reading just in case . ’ |
| 30 | That does n't necessarily mean you will take more time to get around the golf course . |