Example sentences of "he [vb mod] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . " |
| 2 | The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) . |
| 3 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 4 | Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job . |
| 5 | He should take a very good look at it and , even more important , handle it . |
| 6 | Rufus , however , suggested he should take a look , just to be on the safe side . |
| 7 | Blake said to his companion that he should take a last look at the hole in time , and their escape . |
| 8 | He should take no thought for the morrow , and should bear in mind that possessions imply making provision for the future . |
| 9 | In fact , he was so eager to be off that he would have left it in the street if I had not insisted that he should take the coals to his mother . ’ |
| 10 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 11 | She could think of no reason why he should take the trouble nor of anything he seemed to want from her with which to persuade him . |
| 12 | Maybe he should take the opportunity … but for the moment , that was not the issue . |
| 13 | When Norman Willis , the fat friar , finally shim shimmies off into obscurity , he should take the melancholy monk and all the rest of the Bloomsbury tales with him . |
| 14 | He must take a servant with him , naturally — they knew how to get rid of the beggars . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He must take a grip on himself . |
| 17 | He must take an oath of fealty and liege homage to his suzerain , the king of France , for it . |
| 18 | He must take the words ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering ’ at their face value . |
| 19 | Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper , mischievous or illegal , he must take the consequences of his own temerity . " |
| 20 | ‘ He accepts that what took place was against the will of the girl and that he must take the consequences . ’ |
| 21 | He 'll take a positive interest in helping Ron Cally get a contract from Krite 's . |
| 22 | And he 's so desperate to get out he 'll take a twenty thousand pound a year pay cut . |
| 23 | And he 's so desperate to get out he 'll take a twenty thousand pound a year pay cut . |
| 24 | oh I tell ya , I got there , I buy a couple , Sally buys 'em because I , I give 'em tapes , I do n't ask him , but he 's one of these blokes unless he buys you one he 'll take a funny |
| 25 | They thought , ‘ Why not pick on Clark , he 'll take the blame ’ . ’ |
| 26 | He 'll take the scrap tomorrow , but I think he wanted to have a word with you . |
| 27 | ‘ If he 's got a choice between a battle and a dance , ma'am , then begging your presence , he 'll take the battle any day . ’ |
| 28 | However it does n't look as if he 'll take the presidency there . |
| 29 | The grubs inside the nest , he 'll take the nest away and the grubs he can use for fishing . |
| 30 | Then when we meet up with the copter he 'll take the mail out . |