Example sentences of "he [vb mod] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To really know him would take a lifetime . |
| 2 | He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . " |
| 3 | Rufus , however , suggested he should take a look , just to be on the safe side . |
| 4 | Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job . |
| 5 | He must take a grip on himself . |
| 6 | He must take a servant with him , naturally — they knew how to get rid of the beggars . |
| 7 | He must take a Waaagh Test just like any other Goblin shaman , but he automatically adds +1 to his dice roll on the ‘ Eadbangerz Chart . |
| 8 | He must take an oath of fealty and liege homage to his suzerain , the king of France , for it . |
| 9 | He tells Dixie that he 'll take an ounce . |
| 10 | He wondered if he might take a walk before the others were up . |
| 11 | well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that |
| 12 | He turned , but before he could take a step the door opened and Horatia was there . |
| 13 | They did , I mean the docker at that time of day he 'd take a gallon o beer into work with him . |
| 14 | When it got really bad , like when it cut out completely , he 'd take a wrench out and tap all the way along the pipe ; sometimes that would help , but having to do it could be a real pain . |
| 15 | Stubbly would never need thirty pieces of silver ; he 'd take a cheque . |
| 16 | He looked at me as though he was trying to work out which part of me he would take a bit out of . |
| 17 | He decided that on the way he would take a look at the nearby clump of trees from which the eerie sounds had drifted during the night . |
| 18 | Eliot observed how he would take a word ‘ and squeeze and squeeze it until it yielded a full juice of meaning which we would never suppose any word to possess ’ . |
| 19 | They would put things on a proper footing , he would take a job , they would get a good housekeeper . |
| 20 | He would take a leaf out of Mickey 's book . |
| 21 | It was thought he would take a studio for the London season . |
| 22 | For one day , however , he would take a break from things . |
| 23 | He is so frustrated by the dearth of buyers for his pub , which is partly sixteenth-century with a 26-seat restaurant , that he has declared he will take a buyer 's property in part-exchange and then rent it out until the market improves . |
| 24 | If I ask him nicely , he will take a message for me , I am sure . ’ |
| 25 | Rumour in Adelaide suggested he will take a year off and return in 1994 to head a new team run by Honda , which will make its own chassis as well as engines . |
| 26 | For himself he will take a handful of the pencils they always leave out for you … |
| 27 | Because she 's got the two and as she said to me , it does n't matter in the junior school , he will take a teacher 's assessment or a report with him anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ He can take a clock and put it back together again . |
| 29 | She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted . |
| 30 | I tell you what amazes me , Mary , he takes , he can take a conference , when they have a big do he puts them there for the , you know for their dinner or whatever they |