Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'd rather take a taxi , ’ she said in a stilted voice . |
2 | In the circumstances you outline , I agree I 'd rather take a chance on you than on most people . ’ |
3 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
4 | They 'd sooner take a job eight to five in a factory , if they can get it , and the worst of it is that the ones who do take it on ca n't find a wife . |
5 | And if she flung Rupert and Ianthe together they would probably take a dislike to each other . |
6 | It 'd only take a minute to get back and then all this would be over . |
7 | He 'd probably take a belt to the poor boy . ’ |
8 | If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open . |
9 | By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult . |
10 | ‘ It would probably take a week of rain like this to reduce the forest-fire hazard . ’ |
11 | This last the verderers thought the least likely course because the escape had been made nearer to the north of the depression than the south and it would therefore take a day longer to get round it on that side . |
12 | It would now take a motorist burping their horn or a dog barking nearby to get her hopping mad , which was real progress . |
13 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
14 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
15 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
16 | It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war . |