Example sentences of "[pers pn] can take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 2 | It comes up just short of the green , but he can putt it and he says , ‘ I can take four putts from here and still win . ’ |
| 3 | so I can take that middle'un off and get it to match . |
| 4 | and erm you know , and I said Carla needs it for work anyway so Dave said I 'm gon na while I 'm on holiday I 'm gon na do all the stupid jobs , so I can take that computer in |
| 5 | I can take that woman ’ — he meant his wife — ‘ out somewhere beautiful . ’ |
| 6 | If my colleagues in England have a low opinion of me , I can take another job . |
| 7 | I have my camera with me so that I can take some photographs . ’ |
| 8 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 9 | I may try to shrink myself to an infinitesimal point of thinking Ego to which all spontaneous process is external , but the spontaneous is always springing up at the centre of me , thrusting me forward or dragging me back , and it is only at the periphery that I can take full control of it . |
| 10 | ‘ I had a lot more left at the end , ’ he added , ‘ and I can take several seconds off my time in a fast race in Rome . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’ |
| 12 | Now the Marais Poitevin is a pleasantly low-profile tourist attraction where you can take canal-boat trips from villages that have hardly changed in the 15-odd years I 've known them : Maillezais , with a huge and rather dull ruined abbey , and Coulon , where I first ate the delicious local version of moules marinieres called mouclade . |
| 13 | Choose one with a tape at least 3.5m ( 12ft ) long , marked with both metric and imperial measurements ; it 's a good idea to choose one with a lock so you can take long measurements without the tape coiling up . |
| 14 | Most instruction is PADI ; you can take advanced courses on board , but only qualified divers ( SAA , BSAC , PADI , etc ) can take extended cruises . |
| 15 | You can go along there and make crafts cards and Christmas presents no experience is necessary and you can take one object home each day and the remaining items will be sold at a Christmas Craft Fair to raise funds for the arts project . |
| 16 | ‘ The song is about the power of the mind , how you can take two people and do the same thing to both of them . |
| 17 | ‘ You can take that back , ’ he said . |
| 18 | If you think the position there is better well of course you can take that position . |
| 19 | ‘ You can take that home . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So , now you can take that coat off and come and sit opposite me here and put that satchel you 're gripping so decisively there . |
| 21 | You can take that tin that you got in er you can take that tin as a pencil case that you got pardon ? |
| 22 | You can take that tin that you got in er you can take that tin as a pencil case that you got pardon ? |
| 23 | Elinor , her arms draped around the necks of two paramedics , said , ‘ You can take that thing right away ! ’ |
| 24 | You can take that rubbish off that chair and wipe it , will you ? ’ |
| 25 | Heating is another danger area but , likewise , you can take preventative steps : |
| 26 | And I 'll repay you 100 francs a month ; that is , for five months you can take 100 francs out of my monthly allowance . |
| 27 | To a point at least , you can take each moment of inner soul searching as a sign that you are winning . |
| 28 | And you can take bloody Steve Lamacq and Jacob 's Mouse with you — IM |
| 29 | YOU can do something about the situation , YOU can take personal responsibility for conserving the worlds finite resources , by not consuming meat and animal products . |
| 30 | In LA at least you can take basic precautions , like constantly looking over your shoulder and locking your car up . ’ |