Example sentences of "[pron] would take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd take a local job , doing anything , before I 'd uproot her . ’ |
| 2 | We 're absolutely delighted that you 're here in Portsmouth for your congress and it 's very very important to us and I think perhaps I 'd take a little bit of time to explain why it 's important . |
| 3 | I would take a stand-up bath in Mick 's washing-up bowl , wash all my clothes , clean every item of equipment , and wipe the wheelbarrow , lockers and the groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 4 | The next day I would take a brand-new notebook from my bag . |
| 5 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 6 | You 'd take a lovely walk down the field and then suddenly you 'd be up to your knees in a bog . |
| 7 | Dawn seems hostile enough already , but if she were to marry him she would take a proprietorial interest in his practice . |
| 8 | Julie decided to top up her Californian suntan until Kitty Summerville called lunch , after which she would take a casual stroll to another of her favourite haunts as a child , the old summer house on the river bank . |
| 9 | She would take a few drops directly into the mouth using the pipette whereas previously she had used a teaspoon direct from the 100ml bottle . |
| 10 | Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her . |
| 11 | A year after his first interview at Bloomsbury House , he was still saying that ‘ he really wanted some particular friend who would take a close interest in him ’ . |
| 12 | With the help of System Three Scotland we have developed the questionnaire which is attached and we would be very grateful if you would take a little time to complete it . |
| 13 | You would take a wet rag and a file you know , an ordinary file . |
| 14 | So if it 's done ten thousand miles , we 'd take a tenth of ten thousand , we 'd take a thousand pounds off this . |
| 15 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
| 16 | ‘ It was not as much a question of whether we would take a new step in our computerisation , but if we would subcontract it out , ’ said Olivier and Xavier Decelle , Picard 's president and managing director , respectively , in an article in Les Echos . |
| 17 | Under these circumstances we would take a sympathetic attitude and only deduct one excess for the family . |
| 18 | I hope that the Minister is not back-tracking on them because we would take a dim view of that . |
| 19 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 20 | If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that . |
| 21 | A National Film Studio , combining the small companies into one strong conglomerate , had been proposed , but this idea made no more headway than a proposal to negotiate a reciprocity deal with the Americans , whereby they would take a certain number of British films into national distribution in return for free access to British screens . |
| 22 | However , they will only eat earthworms , which is fine ″ the summer , but I would be much happier if they would take a little trout , prawns and beefheart . |
| 23 | Well I still think that well say you have a big massive thing and , and say it 'd take a hundred people mm er I suppose the bigger it is the more economical it is . |
| 24 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 25 | The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her . |
| 26 | The children surged dogwards , with mingled shrieks of condolence and joy , only to be hurled back by my even higher-decibel commands not to venture o'er the noisome swamp , which I gallantly traversed to unwind the stupid restrainer from the poor dog 's jaws , wondering the while if he 'd take a justified revenge on the human race by biting me ; which he did n't . |
| 27 | Handing his keys to the parking valet , he decided that he would take a firm stand . |
| 28 | The fighting dimmed hopes of peace , but Lord Carrington , the former British foreign secretary who heads the EC peace talks , said he would take a tough line with the Serbian and Croatian military leaders . |
| 29 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 30 | It would take a hundred lifetimes merely to skim the surface and , alas , we are only given one . |