Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drives us directly from foundationalism ( for it was in foundationalist terms that the argument was formulated ) to the most interesting form of solipsism , the view that you must take yourself to be the only subject of experience — in fact the subject of experience — since you can have no conception of another such . |
| 2 | If you know from experience that you are the over-anxious type you must take yourself firmly in hand and allot a fixed ration of time for revision , the rest of the day being spent in healthy exercise . |
| 3 | At present victims must take their claims to court … a pressure group says the Government should pay . |
| 4 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 5 | ‘ The people involved must take their own independent legal advice , ’ added Batson . |
| 6 | If the knots wo n't come out with that then she must take him to a professional grooming salon where the knots will be removed safely and painlessly . |
| 7 | Must take him back . |
| 8 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 9 | And unless some secular charge is made against Tutilo , I must take him back with me . |
| 10 | ‘ I must take him back now ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We must take him cigarettes . ’ |
| 12 | The young stand-off 's outstanding performance must take him a step closer to that elusive first cap , and his personal tally of 27 points kept Gala 's league hopes very much alive . |
| 13 | Must take him about two weeks |
| 14 | But it believes it must take its message into all areas of life , to press causes , such an end to official silence on environmental problems , an investigation into glaring election fraud and above all an honest look at why so many are leaving . |
| 15 | There is no doubt in my mind that the many years spent wrestling indifferent cars around the track , trying to make up for what Lauda calls the ‘ evil ’ that dwells in all of them , must take its toll . |
| 16 | As Home Secretary , it was Ede who had written on Evans ' papers when considering whether there were any circumstances to justify a reprieve : ‘ The Law must take its course ’ . |
| 17 | Nature must take its course . |
| 18 | Belatedly , Dorman-Smith sought London 's permission to prosecute , and at first Attlee — in charge of the affairs of Burma while Pethick-Lawrence was in India with the Cabinet Mission — agreed that the law must take its course . |
| 19 | Nature must take its course without interference from an old man such as myself . ’ |
| 20 | It must take its colour from the context . |
| 21 | Judge Slack said the law must take its course . |
| 22 | In the 1990s the tasks are far more complex and conflictual and the social workers who must take them on are already part of the system that has to change . |
| 23 | For if the relations between the individual and society are as close as he believes , we must take them into account ; instead of grounding explanations upon one part we must theorise about the whole to which all the parts belong . |
| 24 | We must take them today . ’ |
| 25 | In affording to them immunity from suit if they have acted in good faith in compliance with a legal or moral duty or in protection of a legitimate interest the law must take them as it finds them . |
| 26 | Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary . |
| 27 | Eczema , yeah oh , now what about you getting something for tomorrow then , cos you 'll have to take something , you ca n't go there without anything even if you bring it back , you must take something , ha no problem in a bag is it ? |
| 28 | Sampson feels ‘ a very great aversion ’ to Slinkton as soon as he sees him : ‘ His hair , which was elaborately brushed and oiled , was parted straight up the middle ; and he presented this parting to the clerk , exactly … as if he had said , in so many words : ‘ You must take me , if you please , my friend , just as I show myself . |
| 29 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ , ‘ A leopard ca n't change his spots ’ and other maxims take an essentially pessimistic view about the malleability of behaviour . |
| 30 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |