Example sentences of "[vb mod] take some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portsmouth must take some of the blame for the stalemate for they came defensively formed and defensively minded , and content to rely on breakaways to snatch an equaliser and , faintly possibly , a winner . |
| 2 | Perhaps the royal family itself must take some blame for the manic British obsession with its affairs . |
| 3 | Both bodies must take some credit for the fact that dissatisfaction with a finished product is rare , and refusal to pay unheard of . |
| 4 | His son Graeme must take some of the blame for this , for his approach at the first extra hole found sand and his drive at the second left his father with an uneven stance on a bank . |
| 5 | Despite Leicester 's pressure the Tranmere goalkeeper was not as active as he should have been although his defence must take some credit for that . |
| 6 | Media and social pressures must take some of the blame for the increase in debt . |
| 7 | The Queen must take some of the blame . |
| 8 | That is a serious situation , for which the Government must take some responsibility , because they have not introduced policies to correct it . |
| 9 | However , in such a case , since the seller may well have to take on commitments , either to purchase materials and components or to manufacture without order cover , so that he can be ready to supply the forecast requirements if ordered , the buyer must take some responsibility if he does not purchase up to his forecast . |
| 10 | That 's been proved tragically wrong and Mrs Hill thinks the Foreign Office must take some of the blame . |
| 11 | English departments in secondary schools should take some of the responsibility for preparing pupils for such purposes of spoken language in public life by providing firm foundations on which they will be able to build as adults with increasing maturity and experience . |
| 12 | The government , says Roith , should take some of the credit for the growth in computer literacy in Britain over the past half a decade . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps you should take some soap and water to your ears , ’ Miss Beard said acidly . |
| 14 | He knew also that the human race freely chose to reject him ; it was only right that they should take some responsibility : mankind as well as God must be responsible for reversing the effects of the fall and for moving on to the mature relationship with the creator that had been ordained for them from all eternity . |
| 15 | Even so the courts should take some account of the costs of implementing their decisions when they sentence , especially when they have a choice of suitable penal ties . |
| 16 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 17 | These should take some practical form rather than plain exhortation . |
| 18 | You should take some . |
| 19 | Right , so you reckon that er they should n't charge twenty quid more for another television set , they should take some advertising ? |
| 20 | They say National starter Captain Keith Brown should take some share of the blame for the abandoned race . |
| 21 | You should ta I should take some to my lectures or something . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought it might take some while for the outside world to learn of . |
| 23 | He had been told from the start that recovery would happen , but it might take some years , so he felt their hopes were realistic . |
| 24 | If you say , ‘ I keep thinking you might take some LSD and have a bad trip and get scrambled-egg brains and never be the same again and I really love you the way you are , ’ that 's fine because you 've confined yourself to what you know and what you feel . |
| 25 | ‘ I have a nasty feeling that getting anywhere might take some time . ’ |
| 26 | Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either . |
| 27 | ‘ Although that might take some time , of course . ’ |
| 28 | Eventually they could become brittle with age , but this might take some years . |
| 29 | Loving in truth , and fain in verse my love to show , That she ( dear she ) might take some pleasure of my pain ; Pleasure might cause her read , reading might make her know ; Knowledge might pity win , and pity grace obtain ; I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe , Studying investions fine , her wits to entertain ; Oft turning others ' leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain . |
| 30 | This simple enquiry , which a user may feel' ought to have an immediate response , might take some seconds to process . |