Example sentences of "i [modal v] take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one day I may take you at your word , ’ she said darkly . |
| 2 | I may take you back to the Bab el Khalk and ask you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to take her under my wing , ’ he suggested . |
| 4 | Do you think I ought to take anything or ? |
| 5 | ‘ I think I ought to take you to the farmhouse to be seen to — that iss , if I can carry you . ’ |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Perhaps I ought to take you home . ’ |
| 7 | I ought to take you back to your own room . ’ |
| 8 | It broke my heart to leave , but my daughter said I ought to take my chance . |
| 9 | Oh really I ought to take my little boy for a walk |
| 10 | And unless some secular charge is made against Tutilo , I must take him back with me . |
| 11 | ‘ I must take him back now ! ’ |
| 12 | Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary . |
| 13 | ‘ I must take you home , Miss Abbott . ’ |
| 14 | I must take you back or my resolution will break down . ’ |
| 15 | I must take it off at once and give it to Donna so that she can rinse it … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I must take it across to the eight twelves . ’ |
| 17 | But one day I must take my courage in both hands and go back to visit |
| 18 | ‘ Oh dear God — I must take your name in vain . |
| 19 | Fred 's having it off with Diane and it can never get stuck on again , that 's what happens if you — it can happen , the dreadful already has , you mark my words , I think they 're very nice , dear , now do n't you worry , that broom will never sweep again , do n't let him get away with it , it can happen with your shoes off , I should take him back , dear , he who hesitates is lost , you can get lots of laughs with the vicar , should have seen it , one good turn deserves another , niggers in the broom cupboard , Mavis was just the same , what a shame … ’ |
| 20 | I said , do you think I should take one on ? |
| 21 | ‘ No , just trying to decide whether I should take you riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Dyrhaven tomorrow , or whether I should spend the whole day making love to you . ’ |
| 22 | A further discussion with Sir Henry led us to agree that the telegram must be delivered , but that I should take it in person to the Editor and see if something less embarrassing could be agreed . |
| 23 | ‘ So you reckon I should take it ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And you really think I should take it ? ’ |
| 25 | I should take it out now . |
| 26 | ( 68 ) Look at me , Sir , and dare tell me there is any reason why I should take your word . |
| 27 | I think I should your Jenny 's taking hers I should take your camera . |
| 28 | She feels that I should take my cod and coalfish , garfish and grayling , salmon and sole and even the shark steaks , and install them in the old deep freeze in the garage . |
| 29 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 30 | But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been . |