Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] take [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him .
3 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
4 I could n't take my eyes of her .
5 I could n't take my eyes off her as she swivelled to rinse the mud from her legs , then flexed her arms , swept back her hair to shake it , and the motion rippled through her body .
6 I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again .
7 My insomnia became chronic whenever Dana stayed the night , simply because I could not take my eyes away from his sleeping form beneath the bedside lamps .
8 There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away .
9 I saw sense and decided I would n't take my bat home after all .
10 I ca n't take my drink either . ’
11 I ca n't take my homework with me .
12 I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed .
13 I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear .
14 This was followed by Workers ' Playtime — Arthur English and Ken Platt with his catch phrase , ‘ I wo n't take my coat off , I 'm not stopping . ’
15 I wo n't take your refusal , ’ he said in a soft voice that made her quake .
16 The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before .
17 A vertical restraint may take one of two forms : one is unilateral imposition of substantive conditions for supply , for example a manufacturer saying ‘ you may not take my product X unless you also take my product Y ’ .
18 He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him .
19 But she could not take her eyes off him .
20 She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff .
21 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 .
22 She could n't take her eyes off it .
23 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
24 I said well this is , but yo you ca n't take my word for it because
25 You ca n't take your money with you .
26 You ca n't take your friend 's dog out but you can get up at the crack of dawn to set your hair . ’
27 No you ca n't take your top off !
28 You ca n't take your plaster off !
29 She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed .
30 You 've taken her life ; you will not take her reputation , too , do you understand me ? "
  Next page