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

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1 Oh better take that biscuit tin away before they eat the lot , got that lid , get that and put , have one more and get it in the kitchen Charlotte
2 A farmer might tell one of his workmen : ‘ You 'd better take that dutfin [ bridle ] to the knacker 's . ’
3 You 'd better take that brolly with you .
4 If you 've finished with your face you 'd better take that dog out . ’
5 I said we 'd better take two days over the trip and make a stop-over on the way .
6 You 'd better take some sandwiches . "
7 Better take some sort of cover .
8 I think I 'd better take these books back down again I think , oh mind you I can put them up here perhaps .
9 Better take this bit of paper … ’
10 " Are you sure , senator , " he said at last , " that you would n't be better taking that fever to your cot for the day ? "
11 You know , if not , you know , if you 're very , very poor in a , in a rural area , you may think , well look , there 's , there 's this chance , no matter how , how slim of me getting a , sort of proper job in the urban area , thus you may well take that chance .
12 One response to this objection , though , is that sooner or later you have to decide what someone means and how it is relevant to you ; so you might as well take that decision consciously , while you have the book or article in front of you to check .
13 However , he will always know that his performance on a simulator is being assessed and , except for the business of risks , he may well take more care than he would in a real plant .
14 Yet even on this issue we must be cautious : marriage was an irrevocable step ; though death almost as often and as rapidly parted married couples in the twelfth century as it does in the twentieth , a prince might well take careful thought before he threw the dice , just as , even then , a prudent man might spend many years looking for the woman of his choice .
15 Determined not to let him keep the advantage , she bundled the unwanted attraction she felt for him into a cupboard and locked the door on it , before retorting sweetly , ‘ Well , as your invitation was so pressing , I thought I might as well take full advantage of it . ’
16 In the meantime , she might just as well take another look at those ledgers and see if she could make any sense of them .
17 As he suggests , biological and psychological imperatives may well take different forms .
18 London Irish fought back with plucky resolve , a well taken high pass put winger , Mike Corcoran through .
19 Roy Stone , the 22-year-old lightweight from Middlesex in his first major international , did well to take Bertalan Hajtos , Hungary 's 1986 European champion , to a decision .
20 In either case , the effect on the child may be highly adverse , and the social worker whose duty lies with the child does well to take full account of the implications .
21 Oh well take that look .
22 Oh well take that washing upstairs then if you 're going upstairs .
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