Example sentences of "could [adv] take [noun] " 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 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The system is a remarkable one and says much for our political culture : land ownership of itself conferred no right to develop ; development could only take place if a developer had obtained planning consent , and if permission was refused there was no payment of compensation . |
| 7 | In the communiqué the UN said that the unblocking of international aid to the south of Sudan was a matter of urgency but could only take place if all parties to the conflict there agreed to co-operate with the UN and other humanitarian organizations . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Dunbar could scarcely take exception to that , and changed the subject . |
| 11 | I mean there 's times I could just take Billy and just but then you have to think , no . |
| 12 | It was further away from the centre of London and our home , and we could easily take Magwitch abroad by boat from there . |
| 13 | It seemed Noah wanted the magistrate to find nothing with which he could possibly take issue . |
| 14 | No one could possibly take exception to this Mathis infant . |
| 15 | Louise picked out a pretty little pink dress that nobody could possibly take exception to and so honour was satisfied . |
| 16 | Of course no such lending could possibly take place if the constables were required elsewhere for the preservation of order ; but ( as Bankes L.J . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is only through difference , by which the same becomes other and produces a tissue of differences , that history could ever take place : for if full presence were possible , then there would be no difference , and therefore no time , space — or history . |
| 21 | Thieves could also take cattle for their own agricultural purposes . |
| 22 | The police could also take prisoners , and more than 25,000 people were behind bars in Los Angeles , nearly all of them black or Latino . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Youngsters who had hitherto been isolated on farms and factories could now take part in informed discussion on a wide variety of subjects . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Clearly , 1992 will pose many opportunities ( and threats ) to companies within the EC , but it is felt that things will not change overnight ; it will be more of a slow transitionary period and it could well take decades before we see an integration similar to that in the USA today . |
| 27 | For example , if the optimal solution of the LP has 40 non-integer components , there are 2&sup40 ; or about 10¹2 ; solutions to test and this could well take years , even on a very fast computer . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The not altogether clear provisions regarding audit , finality and certainty mean that adjustments could well take place long after a partner has left a firm . |
| 30 | The professional development of future teachers could then take place in the classroom . |