Example sentences of "be [prep] [pers pn] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betsy suggested that the best solution to the problem would be for her to take over command of Clytus and continue trading . |
| 2 | Okay that 's for you to take away . |
| 3 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 4 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 5 | ‘ The only way you will get any results at all , is for me to take your boys in my school , on my horses , two or three times a week , from now through until the summer , and for the boys to use my horses for the competition . |
| 6 | This is for you to take all your you know bumph away . |
| 7 | Right this is for you to take away . |
| 8 | This is one of the most providential days of the year when the onus is on you to take up an idea and run with it . |
| 9 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 10 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 11 | ‘ That was for you to take home , ’ Daryl said , ‘ you were n't meant to eat it now . ’ |
| 12 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |