Example sentences of "would [vb infin] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who in their right senses would want to take a babby in arms on a journey like that ? ’ |
| 2 | Can you please advise Michael Daniell and Peter Mothersole that I would like to take a holiday as follows : |
| 3 | This month I would like to take a look at some further practical applications of blues-based double stop ideas . |
| 4 | They see him as a possibility for the future and they would like to take a closer look at him . |
| 5 | For example : ‘ I understand that you might be disappointed that we 're not coming over at Christmas , but I really would like to take a holiday |
| 6 | Porterfield , still seeking a replacement for out-of-favour Dave Beasant , said : ‘ We would like to take a close look at him training with us . ’ |
| 7 | DESERT Island Discs castaway Bob Geldof told presenter Sue Lawley he would like to take a packet of condoms with him , in case some beautiful woman suddenly came ashore , like Ursula Andress in the James Bond movie Dr No . |
| 8 | He would like to take a look at Oxendown House . |
| 9 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 10 | They are both : tough on the values , tender in support of people who would dare to take a risk and try something new in support of these values . |
| 11 | British Aerospace said its advisers would have to take a detailed look at Ferranti 's books to satisfy themselves that there were no further problems before the company could proceed . |
| 12 | I would have to take a taxi back to Sligo once I had seen the sights , for there was no return bus . |
| 13 | She knew she would have to take a look . |
| 14 | He , of course , would have to take a glass or two , enough to make him moderately sick , but that would be a small price to pay for finishing off Elinor , not to mention Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet and Nazi Who Escaped justice at Nuremberg . |
| 15 | That meant Niki would have to take a cut . |
| 16 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 17 | After some initial success , however , the Young King 's campaign ground to a halt and Henry decided that he would have to take a hand himself . |
| 18 | Since Sir Edmond 's will ruled out charging fees , there were two possible solutions : either the Goldsmiths would have to increase the stipend from their own income from Shaa 's bequest , or the local community would have to take a hand . |
| 19 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 20 | I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft . |
| 21 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 22 | It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world . |
| 23 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
| 24 | As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame . |
| 25 | It would have taken a miracle , like the reconstitution of the central committee of DOCOMOMO in the shape of real veterans of the Great War , men brutalised by life in the trenches and determined to rebuild society starting at the top , to have recognised this siren song immediately and rejected this siren song immediately and rejected it out of hand , and at Eindhoven such a miracle did not take place . |
| 26 | This is a short-cut walkers are not supposed to take , to prevent erosion , but it would have taken a man with a Rotweiler and a machine-gun to stop me , so desperate was I to get back to the car and home . |
| 27 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 28 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 29 | We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland . |
| 30 | Lord Lane would have taken a dim view , consent or no consent . |