Example sentences of "could [not/n't] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary would work like a slave , but a woman could not take the animals to market , though he knew of widows living alone , soldiers ' wives mostly , who farmed on in a rough way by themselves , their cattle straying and mixing with the herds of others , their oats still standing in November … |
| 2 | ‘ Miers could not take the German prisoners on board his sub , and if he had left them to paddle ashore they would immediately have gone back into the German forces … |
| 3 | There were plenty of excuses ( she had endured a very bad journey to Paris , the going was appallingly heavy , and her regular jockey William Lane was injured and could not take the ride ) , and she resumed her winning ways later that month with an easy stroll in the Free Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 4 | I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed . |
| 5 | Those who could not take the Pioneers at any price had the option of training for essential civilian work . |
| 6 | Anyway as I indicated , we could not take the chance . |
| 7 | Sharpe reckoned it could not take the enemy longer than an hour to overrun the fragile line of Dutch-Belgian troops , and in one further hour they could have fortified the crossroads to make them impassable to the British . |
| 8 | Since Ferdinand 's instructions to the Junta of Government ( which he left in Madrid to govern while he was at Bayonne ) were to cultivate French friendship at all costs , and since these counsels were not modified until after the outbreak of a popular rising , it meant that official Spain could not take the leadership of the instinctive movement against France . |
| 9 | She could not take the radio , but as before she had acknowledged that . |
| 10 | Was she a child then still , that she could not take the decision for herself ? |
| 11 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
| 12 | Even the summer sun could not take the grey away from the thick band of the Thames , sluggishly curving towards Wandsworth . |
| 13 | This meant that Mr Wright and the Darlington Cricket Club secretary Mr Brian Dobson could not take the West Indian official team portrait . |
| 14 | The standard hydraulic pto , in particular , could n't take the torque . |
| 15 | Suppose their frail bladders could n't take the strain ? |
| 16 | Ours requires a space 9 x 6ft ( 2.7 x 1.8m ) and needs plenty of light — many are the houses we 've rejected because they could n't take the grand piano ! |
| 17 | ‘ We could n't take the risk of blowing so much money on someone we are unsure of , ’ said Toulon 's manager Roland Courbiss , ‘ I wanted Charlie in the team but we had to be sure because of his reputation . ’ |
| 18 | He did n't like and could n't take the hard training . |
| 19 | ‘ But she could n't take the withdrawal symptoms so she went back to them , ’ he said . |
| 20 | You surely must realize that I could n't take the responsibility … if anything should have happened to his daughter … ’ |
| 21 | Could n't take the tight lips and the heavy sighs whenever they looked at the twins . ’ |
| 22 | I could n't take the responsibility for what was happening . |
| 23 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 24 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 25 | He sums up Revie 's reign by saying ; ‘ He enjoyed ‘ dishing it out ’ but could n't take the pressure when the tide turned . |
| 26 | There are some doubts about one or two others so I just could n't take the chance of McCall getting an injury . |
| 27 | I then er , we then broke away and went up to the er , I suppose it 's the , I do n't know what part of the , but it 's the Dales , that 's where I moved to then and then to because my dad could n't , getting on in years , he could n't take the hills up and then from I got married and we moved into this address here and then that was the day after war was declared that I got married . |
| 28 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 29 | But , most of all , she could n't take the risk of Naylor guessing , from some thoughtless word or look , that she thought the world of him . |
| 30 | The worst of it was , she could n't even afford to apologise , could n't take the risk of opening up to this dangerous man . |