Example sentences of "[pers pn] could take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next time the Snows are on the programme : ‘ It would be nice if you and I could take them on and split them up , ’ Mr Wilson said . |
| 2 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 3 | ‘ I could take them out to the middle of a lake in a boat and drop them in . |
| 4 | Oh , I could take them . |
| 5 | If I could take them out . |
| 6 | So I brought them home with me so I could , I could take in actual fact I could take them back . |
| 7 | Mhm yeah , I could take them back Friday . |
| 8 | yes , ah that 's a point now , I could take them down to erm , what 's his name down the road and ask him , he 's very obliging , ask him to cut them |
| 9 | ‘ Well , by Wednesday I 'm clear of the Committee , and I could take him to a Regional Office . |
| 10 | I could take him to sea and keep him clean for three months , but how do you know that the moment the court case is done he wo n't just stuff his nose full of crap again ? ’ |
| 11 | Charlie still looked upset , but Sister removed him before I could take him aside and soothe him . |
| 12 | I never saw him again but to this day I wish I could take him to Ibrox and watch the Rangers with him and maybe buy him a half and half pint at one of the Govan pubs . |
| 13 | Well I could take him off line . |
| 14 | My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’ |
| 15 | Cale also had misgivings about setting Thomas 's poems to music , ‘ because they sound really beautiful and I did n't know whether I could take something with so much noise in them , so much built-in jazz , and maintain it . ’ |
| 16 | However , in the tourist centre of Cuzco I could take my knowledge of its markings , no further . |
| 17 | It gave me the impression of having worked for something and , once defeated , I could take my comfort in the cool blandness of the back room . |
| 18 | The more I was up there , the more I thought cor I could take my coat off put on an overall , live up here forever |
| 19 | Mm I suppose I could take my computer down grandma 's . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’ |
| 21 | I could take someone else though would that be all right ? |
| 22 | My pleas fell upon deaf ears — that was the deal , I could take it or leave it . |
| 23 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 24 | I always wore clogs , and if an iron came off while I was cycling to town I could take it to him , go off somewhere like the pictures , and it would be ready and waiting for me straight afterwards . |
| 25 | Maybe if I spill Coke all over this dress , I could take it off and he might kiss me , kiss my skin like white silk . |
| 26 | " O.K. " I yawned , sounding as if I could take it or leave it . |
| 27 | I could take it and Barry knew that I knew that he knew I could take it . |
| 28 | I could take it and Barry knew that I knew that he knew I could take it . |
| 29 | If that comes in I do n't think I could take it in |
| 30 | Only , I could take it to work , you know , |