Example sentences of "would [adv] take [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , when the price is much below 36s. , even those sellers who would rather take the price than leave the market with their corn unsold , will argue that at that price the demand will be in excess of the supply : so they will wait , and by waiting help to bring the price up .
2 BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ .
3 He took the bus , because his parents would n't always drive him to auditions , from Malibu to Santa Monica , 25 miles each way , at the age of thirteen , ‘ and the casting directors would literally take a Polaroid and say thank you very much and you got back on the bus . ’
4 The waiter would not take the order if he knew that the accused did not intend to pay .
5 Mr Graham would always take the view that this ‘ dignity ’ was something like a woman 's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it .
6 It would probably take an earthquake or an overnight plunge in the market value of Swaledale sheep ( or both ) to raise the communal eyebrow .
7 Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started .
8 Robyn turned , forcing herself to ignore the sudden uncontrollable lurch in the pit of her stomach , the slight tremble in her hands that would surely take a hold if she let it .
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