Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] [adv] to take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I KNOW that my mother , who is 36 , should be old enough to take care of herself , but sometimes I feel I 'm older and wiser , at 16 , than she is . |
| 2 | He might be able simply to take love where he found it , enjoy the moment and then move on . |
| 3 | So she waited , pleasantly relaxed after an exhilarating morning , idly watching the buoys being laid to mark the course of the race , and wondering when she would be confident enough to take part . |
| 4 | It will be necessary either to take court action in England to turn the decision into a judgment which may then be enforced abroad through a treaty , or to take court action in the country where enforcement is desired . |
| 5 | The dumps will be big enough to take waste produced up to the year 2000 . |