Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] to take [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he has to take another coach , it means we can transport only two or three boxers to shows . |
| 2 | ‘ It does n't matter who you are , it has to take that period of time . |
| 3 | " He wants to take this stage , let him take it , " the ex-soldier said . |
| 4 | ‘ To ask the Chancellor whether he proposes to take any action to counter the growing practice by companies of granting shareholders the option to receive dividends in the form of stock instead of cash , so enabling some shareholders to obtain a tax advantage . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 6 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |