Example sentences of "[pron] could take [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My daughter was beyond Play Group when punch card machines became popular , so I asked the mother of her school friend ( who ran such a group ) if I could take jumpers to show her mothers . |
| 2 | I really did n't feel capable of returning to work , but was persuaded to by one of my managers with the promise that I could take things easy . |
| 3 | Left to its own devices and trimmed out , I could take hands off the yoke , making minor heading corrections with rudder . |
| 4 | There must be something in this : when morning came , amid some laughter , my husband re-enacted the closing chapter of the old year by going up into the rafters and suspending himself through the hole so that I could take photographs . |
| 5 | So we have to move from old structures to new but the first new government of South Africa will be a compromise in itself because it will be a united government but it will inherit not a post-apartheid state as many academics and politicians tell us it will inherit a nil-apartheid state and that is a very big difference we still have to move to the post-apartheid situation which could take decades . |
| 6 | The large entrance lock was built in 1884 to give access to a dock which could take vessels up to three thousand |
| 7 | But the women were still there when she looked again ; twenty or thirty of them , in various states of undress — although none , she was relieved to notice once she could take things in , was actually naked . |
| 8 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
| 9 | An early passage separates this man , who does not want to be nothing , from the trading elders of his family — pessimists who could take risks , and were consoled by their religion . |
| 10 | ‘ In those days you could take articles to be a solicitor at 16 subject to certain academic qualifications , ’ he recalled . |
| 11 | ‘ You could take things easier , ’ Sam advised him privately . |
| 12 | I would be grateful if you could take steps to find this out , and let me know . |
| 13 | let's proceed and perhaps erm at a convenient moment we could take instructions as to er what resolutions if any have been made in this regard . |
| 14 | Nothing was proved beyond doubt , but no one felt they could take chances . |
| 15 | When Millington had a word with people they could take days to recover . |
| 16 | One of the crucial questions emerging for the CNAA during the 1970s was in fact the extent to which it could take initiatives as well as being responsive . |
| 17 | It could take hours . |
| 18 | It could take hours . |
| 19 | Should an accident seriously damage one of the craft it could take years to gear up specialised production lines to build the larger replacement parts . |
| 20 | It could take years to find out . |
| 21 | ‘ It is pretty clear they have got the message from institutional shareholders , ’ but he warned that it could take years for Barclays to recover from the bad lending made in the late 1980s . |
| 22 | ‘ If the system has broken down it could take days for it to be sorted out . |
| 23 | We done everything what you 're supposed to do , Roger and he said it could take days and days for you to get it right ! |
| 24 | It could take months ! ’ |
| 25 | all over the place , it could take months to trace and it is possible we will never find all of it . |
| 26 | I had no intention of going through the proper channels ; it could take weeks . |
| 27 | Russian authorities are expected to file a request for his extradition , but it could take weeks before Swedish authorities decide whether the hijackers will be sent home or face trial in Sweden . |
| 28 | I went to the BBC TV Centre with a photographer yesterday on the understanding that he could take pictures from the video . |