Example sentences of "could [adv] take [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates . |
| 2 | But we could only take care of little children ! |
| 3 | The machine could only take material of a certain size — not a whole figure , for example — and so fragments were collaged together . |
| 4 | But this , in an age of mass politics , could only take place under a totalitarian dictatorship which destroyed parliamentary government and ruled through a politico-administrative bureaucracy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 7 | Despite the growth of a local political consciousness nurtured in its coal-mines , the transfer of militancy from work to council chamber could only take place in Clay Cross once the mines had been nationalized and the culturally paternalistic influence of the local coal-owners had been removed . |
| 8 | Dunbar could scarcely take exception to that , and changed the subject . |
| 9 | No one could possibly take exception to this Mathis infant . |
| 10 | Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied . |
| 11 | Also , Prussia was only one of a series of German states and as such could hardly take advantage of the rapidly developing and highly lucrative Atlantic trade . |
| 12 | At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer . |
| 13 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 14 | Thieves could also take cattle for their own agricultural purposes . |
| 15 | Exchange could also take place on the basis of ideological support , commitment or obligation , as has often been the case between public enterprise unions and social democratic governments . |
| 16 | Youngsters who had hitherto been isolated on farms and factories could now take part in informed discussion on a wide variety of subjects . |
| 17 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |
| 18 | These activities could well take place in other areas , but the impression given in Team D was that this kind of informal or semi-formal engagement with vulnerable sections of the community , recorded only patchily , constituted a prominent part of the social work approach . |
| 19 | The professional development of future teachers could then take place in the classroom . |
| 20 | 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 . |