Example sentences of "would [be] take the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I reckon just about the whole population of Kingsmarkham knew Charlie Hatton would be taking the field path home that night . ’
2 I hoped Thessy was fast asleep for he would be taking the morning watch .
3 Could it be that eight years on and with a child into the bargain , she and Brian would be taking the game up again ?
4 ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’
5 She was furious , denied everything and said her husband would be taking the matter up with my editor .
6 Following a decision by the Supreme Court in September 1989 to close the investigation into the West German commune , Colonia Dignidad [ see pp. 36346 ; 36932 ] , on the grounds that no crimes had been discovered there which could affect international relations , the West German Foreign Minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher , on Sept. 26 announced that he would be taking the issue to the UN Commission on Human Rights .
7 One way would be to take the cost of buying a car of the same age and then trying to quantify the cost of running it throughout the notice period .
8 A simple example in the case of the university student population would be to take the faculties of the university ( let us say there are then , just for example ) and take a sample of two of them .
9 The second strong PR option would be to take the opposite line , to say how outrageous it is that there is all this terrible auditing going on , and to promise painful retribution for the wrongdoers .
10 But they did n't care , tending to the view that the City was a viper 's nest of scheming capitalists , whose sole reason for investing would be to take the paper over .
11 His instinct of dishonesty came to the fore again and he thought a way to get the money would be to take the car which he was allowed to use but not to sell . ’
12 He sat in silence , afraid whatever he said would be taken the wrong way , and wished they would leave him in peace .
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