Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You surely must realize that I could n't take the responsibility … if anything should have happened to his daughter … ’
2 I could n't take the responsibility for what was happening .
3 I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’
4 I could n't take the pressure any more . ’
5 I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed .
6 I would n't take no no I would n't take the golf clubs with me .
7 uh uh I would n't take the chance
8 I would n't take the picture for a million dollars .
9 I ca n't take the credit . ’
10 One person who claimed to have witnessed her collapse in the recording studio said : ‘ The poor kid just kept sobbing and saying , ‘ I ca n't go on , I ca n't take the pressure . ’
11 ‘ People have said I ca n't take the pressure , but things like this happen to me week in , week out .
12 I ca n't take the risk … ’
13 ‘ I am the pilot , I will not take the responsibility .
14 I will not take the Ring to wield it ’ .
15 I wo n't take the responsibility for you losing the will to write , or for shackling your motives , or anything else .
16 I wo n't take the blame for that , not at all .
17 PAMELA : I wo n't take the money , indeed , sir , poor as I am I wo n't .
18 I can not take the decision , ’ said the man from the airline .
19 We have just got you well again , Jenna , and I can not take the responsibility of letting you out of my sight . ’
20 I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years .
21 I can not take the matter any further at this stage , other than to say that no request has been received , as yet , for a statement to be made .
22 Whilst you are waiting for the expert help to arrive , there is no reason why you should not take the person 's case and find a remedy for him .
23 There 's no reason why you should n't take the photograph . ’
24 Was she a child then still , that she could not take the decision for herself ?
25 She could not take the radio , but as before she had acknowledged that .
26 ‘ But she could n't take the withdrawal symptoms so she went back to them , ’ he said .
27 But , most of all , she could n't take the risk of Naylor guessing , from some thoughtless word or look , that she thought the world of him .
28 She could n't take the risk any more .
29 But you dare n't take the risk of trying it on in case I was calling your bluff and would refuse you .
30 ‘ Donna , you ca n't take the law into your own hands .
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