Example sentences of "i would take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | left to me I 'd take all curtains down |
2 | " I 'm Dan Brady , and I 've served the Cause both here and at home since before you were born … so I 'd take that look off your face before I take it off for you . " |
3 | ‘ I 'd take that pension , Michael . |
4 | And er after a time , they wanted to know if I 'd take complete charge and I said well yes I said , but what are the men gon na think ? |
5 | ‘ I thought I 'd take another blood glucose reading just in case . ’ |
6 | So , in closing I would to take this opportunity to apologise for a late magazine last Autumn , it was the only hiccup in the new system , and assure members that , despite losing our magazine to outsiders for a little while , it is well worth it … happy reading . |
7 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
8 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
9 | I would take better care of him afterwards , ’ he says . |
10 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
11 | President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer . |
12 | Financial management advice and services has continued to be provided by Napier University Ventures Limited and I would take this opportunity to thank Ed Angus and all his staff for the hard work and support they give to the Enterprise Centre . |
13 | Yeah , I would take some credit for that but you 've got to remember that in Fleetwood Mac I was working with great writers and great singers . ’ |
14 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
15 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
16 | I would take three classes and exercise at least another 12 hours each week . |