Example sentences of "could take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , by Wednesday I 'm clear of the Committee , and I could take him to a Regional Office . |
| 2 | No sham could take him in . |
| 3 | I could take him to sea and keep him clean for three months , but how do you know that the moment the court case is done he wo n't just stuff his nose full of crap again ? ’ |
| 4 | Yes , she could take him in , if he didna mind sharing a bed with Mr Hamilton , who was a pleasant young gentleman . |
| 5 | It could take him five seasons to get it right |
| 6 | She wished she could take him back with her . |
| 7 | Charlie still looked upset , but Sister removed him before I could take him aside and soothe him . |
| 8 | His slippery feet could take him in and out of a West End emporium in two shakes of a fox 's tail , but what he collected on his way through was as much as six pairs of hands could manage . |
| 9 | No , they had no warrant , but they could take him and the boat back to Oban , where a warrant could be obtained No objection ? |
| 10 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 11 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 12 | I never saw him again but to this day I wish I could take him to Ibrox and watch the Rangers with him and maybe buy him a half and half pint at one of the Govan pubs . |
| 13 | He had the worry and responsibility of his sister on his shoulders , and she wished she could take him in her arms and comfort him . |
| 14 | He was smiling to himself — some private joke — and it made her anger rise swiftly , but he went on before she could take him to task . |
| 15 | Well I could take him off line . |
| 16 | Maybe , for instance , she could sell her father 's estate to pay his debts , and then she could take him with her to Australia ? |
| 17 | She stopped dead , unable to prise out the words which could jeopardise the life that she and Thomas shared , which could wreck the child 's emotional stability she had worked so hard to ensure , which could take him away . |
| 18 | Elaborate funerary rites , strenuously promoted by the emergent trade of the undertakers , ensured that the social pretensions of the middle-class would extend as far into the next world as money could take them . |
| 19 | A skilled Nottingham engineer 's daughter of the 1920s remembers her father ‘ would never go to see his parents unless he could take them some money … |
| 20 | That 's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse , so they could take them over on a barrow . |
| 21 | If you could take them for a walk every day , from three to half-past four or something like that , I 'd be terribly grateful . |
| 22 | ‘ Secret people , ’ she said , ‘ who do not seem to have any business that could take them into the forest . ’ |
| 23 | Next time the Snows are on the programme : ‘ It would be nice if you and I could take them on and split them up , ’ Mr Wilson said . |
| 24 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 25 | We could take them there . ’ |
| 26 | She could take them along . |
| 27 | Perhaps Mrs Johnson could take them in ? |
| 28 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 29 | ‘ We could take them home and sell them as pets . |
| 30 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |