Example sentences of "[noun sg] can take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , this lightness means the wind can take it unless you anchor it down . |
| 2 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |
| 3 | I ca n't understand how this poor girl can take it . ’ |
| 4 | But he is not directly accessible in any ordinary sense , nor can the necessity of the concept of God for the interpreting of our experience be demonstrated , at least so far as pure reflection on the nature of our knowledge can take us . |
| 5 | In the afternoons , she must always be home at 4.30 — so that the carer can take her to the lavatory before leaving for the day . |
| 6 | Theory can take us little further than this general analysis . |
| 7 | And this will be utter joy : no man can take it away . |
| 8 | I mean it 's as simple as that , and I Colonel 's comments , saying how hard done by Wiltshire police constabulary could be next year because we have n't set over the odds budget for this year so that the Home Secretary can take it on . |
| 9 | The camera can take us into people 's homes and lives and places of work and lay before us evidence of what life and work is like in another country . |
| 10 | Put each in turn into a well-known saying or into a sentence — you and your PP can take it in turns as you go down the list saying the set word followed by a sentence which the word stimulates you to think about . |
| 11 | How often a sudden aroma can take us back to an earlier time in our lives and cause us to feel happy or sad depending on the memories aroused . |
| 12 | up town about seven I 'll see if Bozz 's mum can take us and Cathy 's dad can bring us back cos dad 's at work . |
| 13 | Then you and your driver can take her away and do as you will with her . |
| 14 | It seems unlikely that experience can take us outside of the closed circle of experience to reveal that upon which experience — experience in general , rather than particular experience — is based . |
| 15 | ‘ Neither the milk market nor the budget can take it , ’ the EC farm commissioner , Rene Steichen , was quoted as telling ministers . |
| 16 | the solicitor can take it off him |
| 17 | Mallory can take it . |
| 18 | And the Substitute had better be with me — tell Bacci he can take my car down to Florence , I do n't really need him and the Substitute can take me back with him … |
| 19 | Around forty thousand people a year die because of that resistance … even in successful cases , the drug regime can take it 's toll . |