Example sentences of "could take [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could take many such examples of avoidance . |
| 2 | We could take that new thingamajig and freeze frame on Glenys ' face when he talks about how the sick and old will suffer dreadfully under your government . ’ |
| 3 | And er it could take all all Saturday morning to do it you know . |
| 4 | I would have thought Niki could take all these views of himself with a grain of salt . |
| 5 | She heard a noise , but , before she could take any evasive action , a cycle came spinning round the corner and the sharp eyes of the girl who had been cleaning the farm were on her intently . |
| 6 | Yalden & Yalden were able to calculate correction factors which could take this differential loss into account , but clearly this could give rise to problems in interpreting predator assemblages . |
| 7 | But that same caution which has distinguished Sir Geoffrey 's ten-year career at Kingfisher is likely to restrain further expansion in Europe — another key reason for yesterday 's bid — until the opportunities have been exhaustively examined and the markets thoroughly tested , and that could take another four years . |