Example sentences of "[vb mod] take [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must take much of the blame . |
| 2 | PRINCESS Anne must take much of the credit for bringing royalty into the 20th Century . |
| 3 | Most modern historians , by contrast , have argued that Edward IV himself must take much of the responsibility for the deposition of his heir . |
| 4 | As Dr Jaffery pointed out , the British of the last century must take much of the blame for this . |
| 5 | Boz must take much of the blame for that . |
| 6 | The Scottish National party must take much of the blame for the lack of payment in Scotland . |
| 7 | Most modern historians , by contrast , have argued that Edward IV himself must take much of the responsibility for the deposition of his heir . |
| 8 | For this situation , the consumer must take much of the credit . |
| 9 | Players ' agents must take most of the blame for this debilitating soccer illness . |
| 10 | Portsmouth must take some of the blame for the stalemate for they came defensively formed and defensively minded , and content to rely on breakaways to snatch an equaliser and , faintly possibly , a winner . |
| 11 | His son Graeme must take some of the blame for this , for his approach at the first extra hole found sand and his drive at the second left his father with an uneven stance on a bank . |
| 12 | Media and social pressures must take some of the blame for the increase in debt . |
| 13 | The Queen must take some of the blame . |
| 14 | That 's been proved tragically wrong and Mrs Hill thinks the Foreign Office must take some of the blame . |
| 15 | For the electricity which is normally paid in arrears we should take ⅓ of the bill paid 1 February for January and make an estimate for the amount due for November and December . |
| 16 | I believe parents should take much of the responsibility . |
| 17 | You should take one of the following three options : — |
| 18 | Em , I mean that 's good at way I am I think , that what we ought to do is to seek to erm , suggest to the Commission that York should take more of the Commission 's total workload , I E to erm take some work from Coventry , and possibly also do a compensating transfer between London and Coventry . |
| 19 | If I recall er when that er the King Street car park was given to the town by the benefactors we did want entrance er at the top end of the car park for the people who shopped which saved a lot of people coming round that dangerous corner where you know we 've had one fatal accident there , and I just wondered whether we should take this under the umbrella while er we 're actually discussing it . |
| 20 | Oh dear , well I mean you should take this in the pub with you or what have you |
| 21 | English departments in secondary schools should take some of the responsibility for preparing pupils for such purposes of spoken language in public life by providing firm foundations on which they will be able to build as adults with increasing maturity and experience . |
| 22 | The government , says Roith , should take some of the credit for the growth in computer literacy in Britain over the past half a decade . |
| 23 | George and Marie agreed that George should take most of the responsibility for the Brasserie , which they felt needed his talent for hospitality to build up a clientele , as well as his ability to train staff and foster good employee relations . |
| 24 | The light hearted and straightforward way in which the author has approached this book should take most of the hard work out of learning Excel , even for the most apprehensive beginner . |
| 25 | I might take one of the needles . |
| 26 | Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either . |
| 27 | I think I 'll take two in the hopes |
| 28 | We 'll take that in the car . |
| 29 | And tomorrow morning we 'll take one of the boats out . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll take six of the men first as handlers , then the cargo , he called . |