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