Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor . |
| 2 | Well , I looked a bit of a sight , but I thought well , well , you know , what else can I do , I mean I could n't take clothing to get changed in to . |
| 3 | " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 4 | ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs . |
| 5 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 6 | Ever since Cherith , I 've vowed that I 'd just take love as it comes — and as it goes . |
| 7 | It is widely believed , for example , that farmers contaminate watercourses every day in the normal course of their jobs ; but , as an officer from a rural district put it , ‘ I would n't take action if he could n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 8 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 9 | I would even take care not to wipe my boots on Roper 's pillow . |
| 10 | Editor , — There is scarcely an assertion in Richard Smith 's editorial about the General Medical Council ( GMC ) with which I would not take issue . |
| 11 | I would not take office under MacDonald , and yet it would have been impossible to have refused . |
| 12 | I ca n't take trouble back to Maggie . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ Clare said , feeling rage rise ‘ I ca n't take time off . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't take time off in lieu cos I have n't got any lieu time to take off |
| 15 | ‘ I will certainly take note of your views , sir . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah , I 'm , I 've got another form , I can just take note of any other er personal pension , not personal pension , any erm other insurance you 've got , just put it on there and , and that 's |
| 17 | ‘ I can not take issue with you over the matter of my past character , ’ he said , and smiled , dissembling the truth of his emotions . |
| 18 | Since an injunction may be granted on an interlocutory basis pending trial ( which may not take place for many months ) and , in cases of great urgency , on an ex parte basis , it is clear that there is a possibility of the union side being robbed of the initiative in an industrial action . |
| 19 | Furthermore , it is crucial that those already in the profession — whether students , auxiliaries , enrolled , registered or specialist nurses — have the opportunity to seek the nursing career that they desire through adequate educational facilities , which must also take account of developments such as nurse prescribing and nurse practitioners . |
| 20 | The importance of good foundations is clearly seen when dealing with the growth process which must inevitably take place if marriages are to survive , let alone flourish . |
| 21 | In the first category we work to prevent effects which might otherwise take place , not necessarily working directly with the child . |
| 22 | ‘ There is less wear and tear on top management and it allows us to arrange meetings more quickly which might not take place otherwise , ’ says Royal Bank spokesman Alwyn James , speaking in Technicolor from his studio in Edinburgh . ’ |
| 23 | There were those which might even take part in a contract with a miner , and such agreements had not to be broken nor confidences betrayed . |
| 24 | Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied . |
| 25 | But he also emphasised the need for greater spending on transport and communications , science and research and development — programmes which could yet take priority over health spending under a Labour government . |
| 26 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 27 | Clearly , the spirit of the laws of this Irish state was to be a religious one and therefore one which would not take account of the then one thousand , and now ten thousand or more of the population in the Southern state who professed no religion . |
| 28 | By May the play was almost complete — all that was necessary was the process of readjustment which would necessarily take place in consultation with director and actors . |
| 29 | But it is Lily Greenwood , shopkeeper 's daughter , it is my wedding which will not take place . |
| 30 | Medau will be organising the day for the London region , which will probably take place at the Laban Centre on a Sunday in February/March ; all regional training days must be complete by 31st March 1992 . |