Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor her , ’ said Lydia , but as she could not imagine taking care of a disruptive child she could n't truly sympathise . |
| 2 | Because the Czechoslovakian team could not afford to take part in the British leg of the European Grand Slam event next June , a competition was arranged to raise the necessary £600 to cover their expenses . |
| 3 | For , even if they knew in general that it was unlikely to be the case , they could not afford to take chances . |
| 4 | The growth of formal education systems could not have taken place without the incorporation of sectors in society , which had previously been excluded . |
| 5 | We wish to thank both these bodies for the support without which the Conference could not have taken place . |
| 6 | But it could not have taken place without the railways , which once again proved to be the vital enabling factor . |
| 7 | So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway . |
| 8 | We also greatly appreciated the support of our sponsors without which the event could not have taken place . |
| 9 | If , he argues , the misery of large numbers of the agricultural and manufacturing proletariats at the end of the eighteenth century had been the general condition of the labouring population throughout the century , then industrialisation could not have taken place for it depended on " the home sales of articles of everyday life to a section of the labour force which was neither very poor nor very rich " but which wielded an effective purchasing power in the face of many difficulties . |
| 10 | The murder could easily have taken place over the boundary , in the Metropolitan police area . |
| 11 | The assassination of Eorpwald could easily have taken place as late as 630/1 . |
| 12 | It is felt by responsible military critics , French and German , that the Crown Prince could still have taken Verdun on the initial thrust without the reserves withheld by Falkenhayn . |
| 13 | You could probably do take aways . |