Example sentences of "[modal v] not take their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 2 | The living room is the room where they must n't take their toys . |
| 3 | And you might say well I 'll not take their advice I 'll invest it directly with Global and you 'll find that cos Global 'll keep it for themselves . |
| 4 | But precisely because Edward I could not take their consent for granted and in his later years preferred to tap the clergy 's wealth instead by mandatory papal levies , the survival and role of an independent clerical body for the gathering of taxation remained uncertain at his death . |
| 5 | She could n't take their mother 's place , of course , but for Liz 's sake she must try to do everything she possibly could for the little girls . |
| 6 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 7 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 8 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 9 | Mrs A discovered that the local launderette and laundry would not take their things , and they have very limited washing and drying facilities themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ These people got abusive because we would n't take their drugs so I just grabbed this bag of s*** and poured it over the floor . |
| 11 | But they wo n't take their milk until the tip of their trunk feels right . ’ |