Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or we could take the work off Jeremy |
| 2 | They could discharge the case if they were convinced that there were no grounds by the disputing party , or they could take the case to the Sheriff Court for a proof hearing . |
| 3 | They could involve matching a variety of situations or uses to a list of products or a list of items using those products ; they could involve putting the benefits of the product in order of merit or they could take the form of a question and answer quiz with specified answers from which to choose . |
| 4 | My whole thinking , every waking moment should have been concentrating on the 100 metres in which I was still convinced , despite losing to Carl in Madrid earlier in the season , that I could take the gold medal . |
| 5 | Demi , above , bought the rights to Patricia Cornwall 's book , Cruel And Unusual , so she could take the role of Dr Kay Scarpetta . |
| 6 | ‘ Three months ago it did not seem possible that we could take the Championship again but we never gave up . |
| 7 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 8 | He threw a rope-ladder down to Michael so that he could take the weight off his legs and the strain off his back . |
| 9 | Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday . |
| 10 | So we could get the point two three , and we could take the gradient of that as being fairly close to the gradient of the curve . |
| 11 | and we could take the journey time |
| 12 | ‘ And we could take the family , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Perhaps it would even go to the faculty building when he retired , and they could take the world trip he dreamed of . |
| 14 | The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . |
| 15 | His sacred animals wee the ibis and the baboon and he could take the form of either animal , but is more generally shown as an ibis-headed man . |
| 16 | But nothing could take the gloss off Townsend 's night of glory . |