Example sentences of "[pers pn] should take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit on the wooden floor for a moment to gather my strength , also to decide exactly where I should take the relics to dispose of them . |
| 2 | If you can get so close to barbel , with or without them knowing it , you should take the opportunity to study how they use the available cover to sneak under ; how they move like silent wraiths across the bottom , and how they rake over the gravel on the bottom with their barbules . |
| 3 | ‘ Listen , you should take the trouble to ingratiate yourself with Nehushtah . |
| 4 | You should take the Steamatic , securely re-packaged , to a Post Office and follow the instructions given . |
| 5 | ‘ You should take the job . |
| 6 | If you have sensed an undercurrent of discord and discontent running through your home you should take the initiative and drag things out into the open . |
| 7 | If the weather pattern was as uncertain as it was in her own country , she should take the opportunity of going there while the sky remained unclouded and the clear air of the city simmered with a body-relaxing warmth . |
| 8 | She wondered then , since Ven was proving so elusive , whether she should take the opportunity on what she estimated would be just under a hundred-mile drive to Prague to get in there with some of Cara 's questions . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps we should take the opportunity to grab a bite ourselves , ’ suggested Sergeant Bird with an appealing look . |
| 10 | That gangplank is still there , so we should take the opportunity , I say . ’ |
| 11 | So maybe we should take the opportunity … |
| 12 | I think we should take the chairs and things outside |
| 13 | We could say simply " ( edited ) " but perhaps we should take the title page at its word and say instead " ( selection and arrangement ) " . |
| 14 | If that thing really is dead , I think we should take the chance . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further . |
| 16 | ‘ I believe we should take the risk seriously , ’ he pronounced . |
| 17 | I do realize that there are problems in finding suitable sites and that possibly that costs would be involved in setting them up , but for the reasons I 've outlined we should take the bull by the horns and make an effort to find sites and budget for the costs involved so the benefits can be felt as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Should a student have any security problems , he/she should take the matter up with Security Staff . |
| 19 | They should take the opportunity to re-state ( without condemnation ) the Christian principle of permanence in married love , the possibilities of achieving it , with a firm indication of the social evils that issue from its abandonment . |
| 20 | ‘ But they should take the edge off the pain . |
| 21 | Surely , if a Member of Parliament takes a G M B sponsorship they should take the whip that we give and follow our rules and not go against us by going by constituent . |
| 22 | The authority to issue cattle vouchers enhanced the power and status of a headman , but many of those assigned to this task could not see why they should take the trouble to inquire into the origins of the cattle concerned . |
| 23 | They should not take the attitude that ‘ risk management is someone else 's business ’ ; rather , they should take the initiative . |
| 24 | ‘ If history is not to be repeated , they should take the lead now and not merely be content to wait and see what might happen . ’ |
| 25 | The bad normative applications of evolutionary theory to ethics which were made by Spencer and others also , of course , involved a lot of bad evolutionary theory : if normative lessons could be drawn from Darwinian theory , there is certainly no reason why they should take the form suggested by Social Darwinists . |
| 26 | What about the trees though do you think they should take the trees down ? |
| 27 | Under the deal , the Community will have to prove that it should take the decision , rather than the other way round as originally feared . |
| 28 | He believes it should take the parts of our lives that are most sore , most hurtful , most unspoken , most taboo and bring them into the public sphere . |
| 29 | Maybe he should take the opportunity … but for the moment , that was not the issue . |
| 30 | In fact , he was so eager to be off that he would have left it in the street if I had not insisted that he should take the coals to his mother . ’ |