Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] take a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’
2 Students may also take a workshop unit in media production in term three of Year II of their course .
3 It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war .
4 Joe Orr , the publican 's son , would surreptitiously take a beer bottle , ‘ fill it up when his father was n't about , see , and put it in his pocket , then take it up to granny .
5 By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult .
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