Example sentences of "could take [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The proposal got as far as a White Paper which suggested a two-tier system — life peers with voting rights and other members who could take part in debate but not vote .
2 Stapleton , who is almost back to full fitness after a close-season knee operation , brought Pearson in because he wanted someone who could take charge in training — and have the respect of the players .
3 And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh .
4 No development could take place without permission from the local planning authority and then only on payment of a betterment charge to the Central Land Board .
5 No one could take death by force .
6 In such a case the acceptance could take effect upon despatch or upon communication to the machine at the receiving end of the telex link or upon actual communication to the offeror .
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