Example sentences of "could [adv] take [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well , I was thinking we could perhaps take her to Blagden Hall now that 's open .
2 It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse .
3 A five year old boy from Bosnia who 's paralysed from the waist down could soon take his first steps with the aid of calipers .
4 If you prove your ability there are good career prospects and , further promotion could soon take your salary up to £22,135 .
5 If I could just take your address . ’
6 ‘ And even if it was , my guess is that our Addams Family friend could just take it off its hinges without trying . ’
7 But at the end of the discussions between the project coordinator and the client , when you have actually helped him and led along , you could have this , or you could have that , or perhaps we could just take it to this stage , cost some options out and give you a recommendation .
8 See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor
9 Well , he could just take his insults and his offers of assistance and —
10 Because I could easily take you upstairs … "
11 No one could possibly take it seriously . ’
12 My men could hardly take their eyes off them . ’
13 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 .
14 For a moment she could hardly take it in .
15 At first , Edward Carrington could hardly take it in .
16 When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way .
17 I would take well you could still take her some .
18 You could al you could always take her to the dent , is the other tooth in front of it or behind it ?
19 But you could always take me and fetch me back as you did before . ’
20 ‘ It was partly wanting to say to my children that on one day a week I could always take them to school .
21 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 .
22 Or you could always take it off the hook , which has a similar effect .
23 and even if I ca n't take it up on the day , I could probably take it up the night before .
24 With Wally out of the band we could really take it seriously .
25 It could certainly take us years to completely assimilate and comprehend them .
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