Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] would take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 2 | The shed running foreman had asked Sam if he would take young John as there was no one available at the time . |
| 3 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
| 4 | TAXATION is unlikely to be increased , though that has been suggested , as it would take much-needed spending power out of the economy and be unacceptable to the newly-powerful Tory Backbenchers . |
| 5 | Anyone who bought Harvard 's own shares got effectively locked in , as it would take three months to sell out , on the matched bargain basis a fact not usually explained to the client at the time of sale . |