Example sentences of "could [adv] take [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He could perhaps take more care with his appearance , but he is handsome .
2 Completion of the Raytheon deal could still take some weeks to finalise .
3 Completion of the Raytheon deal however could still take some weeks to finalise .
4 At a time when members of the legal profession in this country are beginning to appreciate management techniques , the haulage industry could usefully take more account of the impact of the law .
5 You could certainly take that view of Freud , and it would have been true , perhaps , if Freud had died er , before , er , nineteen eighteen , shall we say , or in fourteen .
6 She knows , Ruth thought , that I could never take another bite from her .
7 In fact this small War Cabinet had to consult the full Cabinet at all the big decisions , like sending the task force , the landing at San Carlos , before they could actually take any decisions to move in , and … this was a restoration of almost nineteenth-century Cabinet government .
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