Example sentences of "[pers pn] might take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However much I might take refuge in the present in which it had not yet happened , there would be a moment when the present was the present in which it was happening .
2 and she might take Daphne with her
3 At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence .
4 You might take comfort from the fact that someone at least is astonished by the depth of your knowledge .
5 You might take tea in the rarefied surroundings of Eickhof , a cafe of quite overwhelming temptation for cake-lovers .
6 ‘ Thought we might take Oliver along with us .
7 If the French should take them and see them directed to such noted men , they might take care to send them to them .
8 This topic has less attraction for ordinary policemen and women , for although they might take pleasure in thing someone is interested in their views , it is they who run the risks associated with answering questions and from being observed doing their job .
9 I am sure you will win her over with patience , but it might take weeks rather than hours or days .
10 Besides , ’ she added practically , ‘ it might take weeks to catch them all in .
11 It might take months , it might take years , it might never even be possible .
12 After they have gone there would be financial chaos with severely or perhaps mortally wounded airlines remaining at the City — it might take years for a network of routes to be soundly re-established .
13 Have I lived to see this ? ’ he cried , on receiving their joint letter — that it might take months to starve Stirling Castle into surrender .
14 It might take months , it might take years , it might never even be possible .
15 But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason .
16 You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to .
17 And then , one day , out of the blue , Jean-Claude mentioned that if he had a piano he might take pupils .
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