Example sentences of "he would take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 BANISHED weightlifter Andrew Davies protested his innocence last night and said he would take legal action to clear his name .
2 This stance may have been the result of the influence of senior officers of the regular army , assisted by a warning from Black 's solicitor that he would take legal proceedings should any new statement or comment on behalf of the army be libellous .
3 And he would take one ear and then the other ear and pull it through the slots on the bonnet .
4 He totted up the figures night after night , and ‘ he would take that piece of paper out of his pocket and look at it again and again ’ .
5 And then he would take that complaint , if the branch committee approved it , you see , or nine times out of ten if the branch secretary thought it was a valid case , he would send it in a letter to the sectional council .
6 The shed running foreman had asked Sam if he would take young John as there was no one available at the time .
7 Based upon his evaluation of the Senior Management Team conduct of assemblies , the Head of Department said that he would take any criticism of teaching skills very much to heart if it came from the DHS .
8 I think at the moment Brenda he would take any job if he could get one .
9 Then he would take another matchbox out and say " try these " .
10 The king is reported as having told the clergy that they must reproach the practice ‘ vehemently and bitterly ’ , and if this did not succeed , he would take further measures .
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