Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 2 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 3 | In his moment of illumination on the bus , Lewis felt that he could either remain encased in this shell , or he could take it off . |
| 4 | It was decided that he would take me in as an apprentice to old Bill ( Mr Carswell ) . |
| 5 | He said to her , Dr Wyn said to Elizabeth , that he would take her to the Fair . |
| 6 | To Sarah he wrote that he would take her to Italy some day when the sun was shining . |
| 7 | She thought that he would take them ? |
| 8 | He decided , however , that he would take it himself so he flew to Heathrow and with great ceremony , in the presence of AIB staff , the recording was finally read-out . |
| 9 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 10 | I imagine that he would take it when he had a vehicle later on he would |
| 11 | Apparently this did not produce the desired reaction from Stanley , so Wyatt went on 17th December to see Scott who , with a disarming naïveté , immediately agreed to a proposal from Wyatt that he should take him on as an equal partner and relinquish half the work to him . |
| 12 | It seemed inevitable after this that he should take himself to the nearest fish and chip shop to eat his supper . |
| 13 | A suggestion that he should take her out to lunch , instead , did n't , surprisingly , fall flat . |
| 14 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 15 | Enraged that he should take it on himself to tell her the state of her own business , and bristling at the manner in which he spoke of her precious son , Esther said sharply , ‘ Whatever is or is not in the coffers is nothing whatsoever to do with you ! |
| 16 | When she came back from Confession , uncomforted , she found her cell mate kicking the doctor who was trying to feed her , and at the same time yelling that he should take his hat off in the presence of a lady . |
| 17 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |
| 18 | But if he had no bill and or did n't pick it up , you 'd tell the proprietor that he must take his own proceedings — he 's swindled you out of the price of a meal and it 's a civil action . |
| 19 | She senses what he 's after : she ca n't exactly explain it , but she knows that he could take her away . |
| 20 | For the next hour Fabia was alternately angry that he could take her to such heights only to call a halt when she responded too readily , and despair that he had made such a nonsense of her that she had n't known where the dickens she was . |
| 21 | I know that the Minister may not be in a position to respond in detail to the comments made on this subject by the hon. Member for Cardiff , North and me , but I hope that he will take them on board and I ask him to write to us on these important local issues . |
| 22 | And if I administer right and justice here God will let me enjoy it , but if I do evil , and demean myself proudly and wrongfully , I know that he will take it away . |
| 23 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 24 | He shares an Honda RC30 with brother Edwin and has a VFR750F so he can take his wife . |
| 25 | ‘ A good farmer sowed his seed so he could take his crop of corn before the rubbish came on . |
| 26 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 27 | The physician runs a madhouse , I 've heard , and he 'll take you there if you 're not good . ’ |
| 28 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 29 | Her husband Sid would recognize the warning signs when she turned pale and became anxious , and he would take her out of the room before she passed out . |
| 30 | He did understand , and told me to stay close to him and he would take me to the YWCA . |