Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [adv] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have been a race a World champion like John Hill could easily take in his stride . |
| 2 | It was because he was so alert , so curious about the world , about books and films , that Ghatak could never take the easy way out . |
| 3 | Dunbar could scarcely take exception to that , and changed the subject . |
| 4 | While stressing IBM good behaviour , IBM chairman John Opel in a speech in London in May 1984 told Europeans that IBM could always take its investment elsewhere . |
| 5 | Without that leverage , the RPF could either take a vow of self-imposed isolation ( in the hope that this would be rewarded by electoral victory in 1956 ) or risk its anti-system character by participating in parliamentary politics and even holding a share of power in coalition governments . |
| 6 | She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part — although Streep could still take over when the show opens in the US . |
| 7 | At first , Edward Carrington could hardly take it in . |
| 8 | Peace with France came and food prices fell , but mob rule in Cornwall could still take over from time to time . |
| 9 | Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . |