Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pers pn] [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | He denied opposition claims that he was a hardliner , however , and promised that he would take " a rational and reasonable approach " towards the current unrest , rather than employing " harsh measures " . |
| 2 | We soon became fast friends , and the brothers joked that we should take him with us on our journey . |
| 3 | An EC Commission report delivered to EC governments on Oct. 9 recommended that they should take measures to restrict illegal immigration and to harmonize procedures on asylum and that the situation of legal immigrants and genuine refugees within the EC should be improved . |
| 4 | At that point , she realised that she must take a more positive attitude . |
| 5 | The company says the attempt at a buyout failed because the managers realised that it would take longer than they had planned to develop a new generation of the 50 Series minicomputer line . |
| 6 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |
| 7 | In the Budget , we announced that we would take most family businesses out of Inheritance Tax altogether . |
| 8 | In 1988 the Japanese giant bought CBS records for $2bn and last week it announced that it would take control of Columbia pictures . |
| 9 | The French government announced that it would take the strongest measures to ensure that Aoun met the conditions attached to his asylum , which included refraining from making public statements on political issues . |
| 10 | The Libyan government announced that it would take reciprocal action against any countries expelling Libyan diplomats . |
| 11 | Faye said nothing more about it , but when they got home she announced that she would take her blood-sugar level and evening insulin dose in her room and then lie down on her bed until dinner . |
| 12 | That evening at supper Dunbar came to them and abruptly , without preamble , announced that he would take over the keepership of Berwick Castle forthwith . |
| 13 | After being sworn in , Perri declared his intention to work closely with Ibama , the Institute for Environmental Affairs and Renewable Resources ( with which Lutzenberger had clashed ) , and announced that he would take over as Ibama President . |
| 14 | The Panel added that it would take no further action in either case . |
| 15 | He added that it would take many more years to establish a healthy pattern of development , especially since there is no communications infrastructure . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | Naturally the wounded had to be got away first , but later that day a plane came back over the mountains , and we were lined up again , and told that we could take only a small amount of personal possessions . |
| 18 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 19 | They estimated that it would take them four months to build the cells , the measuring equipment and constant temperature baths . |
| 20 | The survey was mainly restricted to the exterior of the Lancaster and estimated that it would take 2,000 man hours to bring R5868 up to exhibition standards externally . |
| 21 | C Will agreed to put this in hand , and estimated that it would take about two months to complete . |
| 22 | In a statement released on Jan. 6 , leading members of the Medellín drug cartel , known as Los Extraditables , declared that they would take reprisals against the rival Cali cartel , claiming that one of the Cali leaders , Gilberto Orijuela , had hired Luis Meneses — more commonly known as Ariel Otero , the former leader of some of the most powerful right-wing paramilitary organizations in the country — to kill them . |
| 23 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 24 | However , the damage to the capital 's generating equipment had been so severe that some Western estimates claimed that it would take a year to restore full supplies to the country . |
| 25 | Hong Kong officials described the accord as a " major breakthrough " and predicted that it would take between two and three years to clear the camps . |
| 26 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 27 | She sensed that it might take but a tiny jolt to send him back into his fantasy world . |
| 28 | He sensed that she would take it black and sugarless and he was right . |
| 29 | Once she moved out , Pattie discovered that she could take care of herself and the baby and the sense of freedom was fantastic . |
| 30 | We arranged that we should take turns to cook for whomsoever was on the same watch . |