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 .
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