Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] take it " in BNC.

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1 Towards the end of the evening , indiscreet with the unaccustomed alcohol , he suddenly said , ‘ I do n't think I can take it much longer . ’
2 If that comes in I do n't think I could take it in
3 Er and other er women would you know you 'd take it to them an and they 'd do it in , in their own homes .
4 Best alternatives for holidaying dog owners have traditionally been kindly neighbours or kennels , but a York-based hotel chain say you can take it with you ( your pup , that is ) .
5 What you mean somebody would take it
6 I do n't mind that , do you think you could take it or something cos otherwise I 'll never remember whose had what .
7 ‘ Anyway , if there 's no water in the Ketterings ’ house I do n't think you should take it .
8 ‘ Honestly , ’ Charles was saying , after more than an hour of beleaguered explanation , or semi-explanation , ‘ I did n't think you 'd take it like this , old thing , I thought you 'd — well , I thought you 'd be relieved , to tell you the truth .
9 ‘ Really , Ashley , I did n't think you 'd take it all so melodramatically .
10 I ca n't believe he 'd take it if offered .
11 Do you think we can take it further ?
12 Yes I know I 'll take it when I go down to the post office and I keep forgetting , do n't like bothering with it on Thursday because they 've always got a shop full and I go
13 Or if you had knitting or sewing to do you 'd take it round .
14 ‘ So you reckon I should take it ? ’
15 I can take I can take it easy
16 I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter
17 I could take it and Barry knew that I knew that he knew I could take it .
18 So I thought I 'll take it to Iris ' and er because we 're always talking so
19 Cos I thought , I thought I 'll take it out , I finished that tape , this is a new one .
20 Sandra : I thought I might take it to Mr Wilson .
21 ‘ I never dreamed she would take it like that , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in a shocked tone .
22 Knowing you 'd take it back to Jonas , ’ Travis countered .
23 ‘ I know I said last night that there was no need for us to spend too much time together , but I did n't mean we should take it to extremes , ’ she said with some annoyance .
24 So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs
25 Well I never thought he 'd take it out and put it in in the drawer .
26 He said if the second stage of his fight to prosecute Dr Howe failed he would take it to the European Court of Human Rights .
27 When that 's happened I 'll take it out of the acid clean it and show you how to take a print from the plate .
28 But I think I can take it that I must have been a little — er — unsteady with my actions .
29 ‘ And you really think I should take it ? ’
30 ‘ Perhaps they think she can take it because she 's an interviewer herself . ’
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