Example sentences of "[pron] can take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I can take , sometime I can take , but I ca n't take no from you . |
| 2 | Maybe I can take , sometime I can take , but I ca n't take no from you . |
| 3 | McKim said : ‘ I can take a punch or a kick but to be spat at for no reason is disgusting . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to admit I was surprised when my name was announced for both tours but , hopefully , I can take the chance with both hands . ’ |
| 5 | I ask Mr Jackson if I can take all my plants , and he looks at them doubtful like . |
| 6 | I like looking in shop windows so I can take my time if I 'm on my own . |
| 7 | ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said . |
| 8 | There are good theatres in London , all of them built before 1920 , and I can take pleasure in the design of the Wigmore Hall and Covent Garden . |
| 9 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 10 | I just feel that I can take credit , or blame , for what I do and have done . |
| 11 | I can take comfort in this , knowing that my Lord has entered into our humanity and brought it home to God . |
| 12 | ‘ If needs be , and I hate to stoop to this , I can take steps to override your obstruction , from which you might find it difficult to recover ! ’ |
| 13 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 14 | It has already become fashionable to knock Kylie Minogue but I can take it , ’ she added . |
| 15 | If Muldowney 's is the most adventurous and forward-looking , Holloway 's is the one I feel I can take to my heart . |
| 16 | For instance , I can see that writing this book is a function of my job and as such is part of the responsibility of earning a living , but it is also an escape for me , a kind of haven to which I can take refuge from the hundred and one pressures that impinge on the practical business of living . |
| 17 | It comes up just short of the green , but he can putt it and he says , ‘ I can take four putts from here and still win . ’ |
| 18 | The quickest way now is by way of that DANGER path you came along , and I can take you along there on my horse . ’ |
| 19 | I can take you all and the luggage to Applewick . ’ |
| 20 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 21 | For really top class Joplin you need pay only a little more for a selection from Dick Hyman 's complete survey mentioned above , but at less than a fiver , Arpin 's disc will do very nicely for a representative sample of Joplin — which is really all I can take in a single sitting ! |
| 22 | I can take you down the road and show you my breeding stock in every farmer 's field . ’ |
| 23 | Do I have any family commitments which restrict the sort of job I can take on ? |
| 24 | ‘ I can take 'im with me . |
| 25 | Q I am just about to leave school and would be interested to know about any available equestrian courses I can take . |
| 26 | I can take that woman ’ — he meant his wife — ‘ out somewhere beautiful . ’ |
| 27 | But your ego 's getting massaged and I can take that . |
| 28 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 29 | Before I can take on such a patient I naturally ask him to consult his doctor to ensure that there is no physical cause for the problem . |
| 30 | Sometimes I 'd have to sit with her until she was sober enough to stand and I could shoulder her home , snapping a curt reply , ‘ It 's all right , I can take care of her , ’ to kind enquirers . |