Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] take [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Oh , too bad , she decided to cook some new potatoes and they could take them or leave them .
2 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 …
3 ‘ All you have to do is drop your opposition to my development plans and I 'll take you in as a partner , ’ Sugden urged as he mopped the orange-coloured dribbles off his chin .
4 Bliss said : ‘ Get through Customs and I 'll take you to the reception committee .
5 But at least two years because it would take us that time to furnish the house .
6 The monkeys had to be deprived of their regular food and accustomed to the peanuts for weeks before they would take them with any readiness , let alone treat the nuts as rewards for appropriate behaviour .
7 If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’
8 There are no matches when we can take it easy .
9 In no time at all , she was hurrying down the hallway towards the nursery , where she swept in to announce , ‘ It 's such a glorious day , Mr Turnbull , I think we 'll cut short Richard 's lessons and I 'll take him out in the sunshine . ’
10 And I can remember having big long sheets and they would take us into Nottingham and just dump you at a shop and say now you know , go in and fill that in .
11 I 'm not telling you where I am ; you 'll only tell Angus and he 'll tell the police and they 'll take me back to the fucking hospital . ’
12 thing you could pass on to the police and they could take it up with the local council .
13 Give me your word to meet me at twelve at the attorneys and I will take it . ’
14 The distance is just over fifty miles but it can take him three hours to get there .
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