Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ added my mother hastily , as though she feared that I might take the chance to postpone the ceremony in order to accommodate the philadelphus , ‘ chrysanthemums are more reliable . |
| 2 | As Leslie was the only officer in the missing plane ( ironically the transport aircraft was a Stirling — the same name as his birthplace ) , I decided that I must take the lead among the families . |
| 3 | My whole thinking , every waking moment should have been concentrating on the 100 metres in which I was still convinced , despite losing to Carl in Madrid earlier in the season , that I could take the gold medal . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I think it 's flattering that somebody would take the time . |
| 5 | I immediately thought it over and said , ‘ Go and ask Semenov to issue a visa to your son 's wife , so that she can take the girl to London ’ . |
| 6 | I remember you saying that you 'd take the day off after we got back from Thailand … ’ |
| 7 | So what we 're saying is that you can take the correlation coefficient , multiply it by N minus two divided by one minus R , square root it first , and you convert it to a T. R P is the correlation coefficient ca calculated by the way we 've j that that 's just a little squiggle |
| 8 | Philip Jones Griffiths , a Magnum photographer who has been going to Vietnam for 23 years , say , s ‘ We used to joke that you can take the photographer out of Vietnam but not Vietnam out of the photographer ’ . |
| 9 | We hope that you will take the opportunity to enjoy one of the most exciting programmes available in Britain : the cinema of the world comes to Birmingham ! |
| 10 | I understand this is one of the LCC subsidised services and hope that you will take the matter up with Ribble and ensure that this does n't occur again |
| 11 | Er we need to tell them that we 'll take the balance of the first year 's payment through er er on proof , when we when they 've got their proof on on the desk we will take the next the balance of the first year 's payment through a banker 's order . |
| 12 | So we told him that we were n't interested in tonight 's gig and that we 'd take the money and go now . |
| 13 | ‘ Three months ago it did not seem possible that we could take the Championship again but we never gave up . |
| 14 | As had happened the day before , the time simply flew for Fabia , so that she could again hardly believe it when Ven told her that they would take the funicular a little way down the hill to a restaurant where they would have lunch . |
| 15 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 16 | I hope that they will take the opportunity to ask Mr. Millan to release these moneys for the benefit of their areas . |
| 17 | Some of the project 's opponents argue that the £220 million of state subsidies it is receiving are illegal and that they will take the matter to court . |
| 18 | I mean it is true that this is adults ' business , as it were , and that children are not in a position that they can take the sort of action that is going — certainly in the Gulf situation — to effect a change . |
| 19 | Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves . |
| 20 | Having announced that it would take the stand , however , the department feared the consequences of backing down . |
| 21 | The target date of 1992 was chosen for the completion of the single market and it was thought that it would take the lifetime of two Commissions to complete the programme . |
| 22 | The mother in yesterday 's case , Audrey Hamilton , said she was pleased at the outcome but knew that it may take the country 's highest civil court , the House of Lords , to resolve the issue finally . |
| 23 | Under the deal , the Community will have to prove that it should take the decision , rather than the other way round as originally feared . |
| 24 | Here , in ( ii ) , the utterance provides the clue : B has to go to Edinburgh ; thus if A and B are both far from Edinburgh ( and mutually know this ) , so that it will take the rest of the day to travel and do things there , then B is busy today ; sob is indirectly producing a reason why he or she ca n't easily come to see A , and in so doing can be understood to be refusing A's request . |
| 25 | The court held that he was entitled to adopt the attitude that he would take the dish tendered and see whether he liked it . |
| 26 | It seemed inevitable that he would take the bait that had been laid out in the Park for him . |
| 27 | Hari said nothing , it was natural that he would take the part of Emily who was not only his cousin but was his promised bride . |
| 28 | He threw a rope-ladder down to Michael so that he could take the weight off his legs and the strain off his back . |
| 29 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |