Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] would take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 2 | The heightened interest in underwater archaeology caused by the find of the Brindisi bronzes has prompted the new Ministro per i Beni Culturali , Alberto Ronchey , to propose changes in the law : first , to extend the limit of Italian territorial waters beyond the six miles off the coast currently in force and beyond the seabed on the continental shelf ( no distance has yet been specified ) ; second , to consider allocating underwater ‘ concessions ’ to non-government teams who would take a course in the theory and practice of underwater excavation and make up the shortfall in trained divers . |
| 3 | They did , I mean the docker at that time of day he 'd take a gallon o beer into work with him . |
| 4 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 5 | Mrs Grandison had promised her daughter that they would not inflict themselves on her for a meal — realising that Lady Selvedge might well be something of an infliction — and had assumed that from Victoria they would take a taxi to some Soho restaurant or perhaps Simpsons in the Strand . |
| 6 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 7 | In an ideal world one would take a work and ask , ‘ What does this music require ? ’ |
| 8 | And the moody Rich who would take a girl out to sit by a river , leave her as untouched as a Madonna in a Lady Chapel and read poetry aloud . |
| 9 | He decided that on the way he would take a look at the nearby clump of trees from which the eerie sounds had drifted during the night . |
| 10 | ‘ We have n't got the guns to do a quarter of that damage , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ and in this weather it would take a week to bring them up . |