Example sentences of "i [modal v] take the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not confident about how I should take the hon. Gentleman 's concluding remarks , but I shall bear with equanimity what I suspect may be a poisoned chalice . |
| 2 | I might take the other two out of the doll , wo n't be a problem . |
| 3 | I said give us the keys and said I 'll take the bloody car . |
| 4 | I 'll take the civil service . ’ |
| 5 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 6 | I 'll take the spare horse . ’ |
| 7 | you take the high road and I 'll take the long road and I 'll be in Scotland |
| 8 | 13 I 'll take the lone road |
| 9 | I 'll take the lone road Alex Gordon on why he thinks Scotland should go its own way |
| 10 | If you do n't come back I 'll take the whole bottle . ’ |
| 11 | That 's why I ca n't promise I 'll take the mature , adult , philosophical approach , should my present partner stray . |
| 12 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 13 | I 'll take the little one . |
| 14 | I 'll take the whippy hedge , you take the sky . |
| 15 | I 'll take the English car and be done with it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'LL TAKE THE NEAR POST , YOU GET PISSED ON ‘ WOGAN ’ . ’ |
| 17 | Gardeners amongst you will doubtless argue that piling a ton and a half of rubble on top of your sapling is a somewhat off-beat method of protection , so I 'll take the old lost love yarn , thanks . |
| 18 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 19 | He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams . |
| 20 | " I could take the whole lot . " |
| 21 | Given the chance , I suppose I 'd take the Flying Carrot to Bombay again , though by that time I 'd have taken parachute lessons . |
| 22 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 23 | Well , I would take the revolutionary ( to most people ) step of not having either , at least in conventional terms . |
| 24 | I shall take the odd break from coffee mornings to engage in militant breastfeeding in some prominent spot in a major department store . |
| 25 | ‘ I will take the Private Ledger , ’ Bragg said , pulling out his pipe . |
| 26 | I will take the damned responsibility myself . " |
| 27 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 28 | I will take the yellow one I think . |
| 29 | But occasionally I will take the big pan and fill it with onions , carrots and potatoes for a grand stew . |
| 30 | If they say ‘ Red cards ’ You say good so I will take the red cards away . ’ |