Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] would take a [noun sg] " 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 They did , I mean the docker at that time of day he 'd take a gallon o beer into work with him .
3 ( 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 . )
4 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 .
5 In an ideal world one would take a work and ask , ‘ What does this music require ? ’
6 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 .
7 ‘ 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 .
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