Example sentences of "could [adv] take [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we could only take care of little children ! |
| 2 | The machine could only take material of a certain size — not a whole figure , for example — and so fragments were collaged together . |
| 3 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 4 | Quoting from The Times , he would agree that , as applied in Poland , Marxism had created a proletariat disposed to ‘ revolutionising practice ’ inspired by those who could not take advantage of the widespread corruption through which a black economy , supported by western currency , operates to mitigate the sheer harshness of a regime of scarcity . |
| 5 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 6 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 7 | If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help . |
| 8 | Also , Prussia was only one of a series of German states and as such could hardly take advantage of the rapidly developing and highly lucrative Atlantic trade . |
| 9 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 10 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |
| 11 | ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs . |