Example sentences of "could [not/n't] take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was smiling , and Paul suddenly realised that he could not take money from her . |
| 2 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 3 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 4 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 8 | Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . … |
| 9 | ( 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 ? ) |
| 10 | He could not take refuge in a timely snooze . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 13 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 14 | However , if the relevant project could not take place at all without cooperation , then Article 85(1) will not be infringed . |
| 15 | The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route . |
| 16 | You could n't take responsibility for living bodies , blood that can flow , nerves that can actually feel . |
| 17 | " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 18 | He was such a charismatic man that Ruth could n't take offence at that . |
| 19 | ’ 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 . |