Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] could take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you could take a bit of a short cut say well we 've already got twelve there thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen and so on . |
| 2 | There are several restaurants and snack bars in the park to choose from , or you could take a picnic and relax in the beautiful gardens . |
| 3 | Or we could take the work off Jeremy |
| 4 | They could discharge the case if they were convinced that there were no grounds by the disputing party , or they could take the case to the Sheriff Court for a proof hearing . |
| 5 | They could involve matching a variety of situations or uses to a list of products or a list of items using those products ; they could involve putting the benefits of the product in order of merit or they could take the form of a question and answer quiz with specified answers from which to choose . |
| 6 | My whole thinking , every waking moment should have been concentrating on the 100 metres in which I was still convinced , despite losing to Carl in Madrid earlier in the season , that I could take the gold medal . |
| 7 | I know , dearest , that you could take a holiday this summer — You mentioned it would be possible . |
| 8 | Demi , above , bought the rights to Patricia Cornwall 's book , Cruel And Unusual , so she could take the role of Dr Kay Scarpetta . |
| 9 | Final reason , is that fo for borrowing , is that we could take a view , that borrowing in a particular year has to take account of the of the valuable circumstances at that particular time . |
| 10 | ‘ Three months ago it did not seem possible that we could take the Championship again but we never gave up . |
| 11 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 12 | I do n't know which firm they were from , but as well as stopping people from hurting each other , they helped the more diminutive among the crowd on to the stage if they had problems getting free of the moshpit so that they could take a dive . |
| 13 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 14 | A spokesman agreed yesterday that it could take a couple of months for dealers to clear stocks of Cavaliers . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd asked about your car , and I told you that it could take a week or more for the garage to locate the part they needed . ’ |
| 16 | He threw a rope-ladder down to Michael so that he could take the weight off his legs and the strain off his back . |
| 17 | Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday . |
| 18 | As soon as I had read this , I asked Mr Edgar if I could take a message from him to his sister . |
| 19 | I asked the soldiers if I could take a photograph and was told : ‘ Only if you keep moving . ’ |
| 20 | In fact I am developing a revealing , but ultimately frustrating line of correspondence with the Welsh Office and I would be grateful if you could take a look at the enclosed letter copies . |
| 21 | So we could get the point two three , and we could take the gradient of that as being fairly close to the gradient of the curve . |
| 22 | and we could take the journey time |
| 23 | ‘ And we could take the family , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Perhaps it would even go to the faculty building when he retired , and they could take the world trip he dreamed of . |
| 25 | The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . |
| 26 | well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that |
| 27 | His sacred animals wee the ibis and the baboon and he could take the form of either animal , but is more generally shown as an ibis-headed man . |
| 28 | ‘ It looks as if it could take a week — or more , ’ he read her question . |
| 29 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
| 30 | Luke was on his feet and in front of her before she could take a step towards the doors . |