Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] take [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wonder if I ought to take up weight-lifting . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll take up golf in my old age . ’ |
| 3 | Well , at that point we 've got to three o'clock and the end of the term , erm I 'll take up Totem and Taboo , and its more forward lis looking aspects in the first lecture of er , next term , and I wish you all a happy Christmas , and new year , and hope you have a good , a good vacation and look forward to seeing you here again , the first Thursday of next term . |
| 4 | I 'll take down numbers I 'll go to the library and take down num phone numbers and call places in the afternoon . |
| 5 | The nature of my duties both in the Province and in this House means that I have not yet had the pleasure and privilege of reading Dr. FitzGerald 's book , but I shall take on hearsay what the hon. Gentleman says about this entry . |
| 6 | Yeah , I I will take only part of this debate as my daughter works in . |
| 7 | Her friendship with President George Bush is reflected in her interest in what takes place on Capitol Hill , and her wonderful skill at public speaking suggests that she might take up politics . |
| 8 | You 'll take up decorating will you ? |
| 9 | And we take out contingency plans fo for various things , you 'll take out insurance , er against your house being broken into , against there being a fire or something else , you 'll take out insurance policies , or or assurance policies against your life , so that your dependants will be provided for , you 'll take out pe , er pension plans so that in your old age when you 're not working you 'll have sufficient money to live on . |
| 10 | And we take out contingency plans fo for various things , you 'll take out insurance , er against your house being broken into , against there being a fire or something else , you 'll take out insurance policies , or or assurance policies against your life , so that your dependants will be provided for , you 'll take out pe , er pension plans so that in your old age when you 're not working you 'll have sufficient money to live on . |
| 11 | ‘ But he promised Nicola that she 'd take over Jane Pargeter 's presenter 's job ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You could take up ballet . ’ |
| 13 | I am distraught to learn of the demise of your mother and shut my ears to the ugly rumour that you had her put to death so that you could take up ballet-dancing . |
| 14 | You will take home samples of the finishes and comprehensive course notes . |
| 15 | So that you can enjoy your hobbies and , and , and , and you know , you can take on hobbies that do , do require quite a lot from you , if you 've got the stamina . |
| 16 | ‘ Which of you can take on men ? ’ he sniggered . |
| 17 | Predicting the weather is a risky business , but you can take out insurance by choosing seeds and plants to cope with both drought and downpour . |
| 18 | If you can take out enemy war machines early on with Doom Divers then you will protect your core units and you can lob a few shots at the enemy 's best troops before the Boyz get stuck in . |
| 19 | If you own your house or flat you can take down partition walls , improvise new ones , block up old doors and make new openings in more convenient places to improve on the space . |
| 20 | But you can take home assessment a step further with a thorough post-mortem of your old shoes . |
| 21 | A further point is that I have been strongly advised that we should take out cover against the need to indemnify owners against not being able to occupy their units due to events such as fire , flood or damage by previous occupants . |
| 22 | Er this outlines the issues er which we consider should be agreed by the County Council er perhaps any , any but there 's no comment on the we should say the quality terms but also on the Airport Policy Plan be possible starts we might take on duty now or in particular if it was discussed and agreed and thus agreed er pace is set out in appendix two . |
| 23 | Tt with the aid of the good general the er United Nations army and the South Koreans pushed the North Koreans back into North Korea and er MacArthur 's view was well while we 're winning why do n't we keep going , you know , perhaps we could take over China as well |
| 24 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 25 | Now if we can take away tat excess oxygen that 's being produced , it 'll start going again . |
| 26 | I have been talking about the different levels at which reason operates in relation to individual disciplines : we can take up stances within disciplines , across disciplines , and in being critical of disciplines as a whole . |
| 27 | Mr Gloukhov told their hosts : ‘ We want to go to one of your garden centres so that we can take home seeds for flowers and vegetables . ’ |
| 28 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 29 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 30 | Perhaps er they could take up services . |