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 | She was smiling , and Paul suddenly realised that he could not take money from her . |
| 12 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 13 | When the Exchange Rate Mechanism was being created , during the final days of the last Labour Government , the then Prime Minister decided Britain could not take part . |
| 14 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 15 | But today , she could not take part , she pleaded illness , she invoked Caterina , who needed her at home , she said , for she was still poorly . |
| 16 | This meant that Mrs. Bernadette McAliskey ( nee Devlin ) could not take part though she had earlier indicated that she would stand as a candidate in Mid-Ulster . |
| 17 | Therefore the two sections could not take title away from the owner from whom the goods had been stolen . |
| 18 | Elizabeth knew that George was right : she could not take chances with this pregnancy . |
| 19 | ‘ We could not take chances , ’ continued Tyrell , whose question had apparently been rhetorical . |
| 20 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |
| 21 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 22 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 23 | Quoting from The Times , he would agree that , as applied in Poland , Marxism had created a proletariat disposed to ‘ revolutionising practice ’ inspired by those who could not take advantage of the widespread corruption through which a black economy , supported by western currency , operates to mitigate the sheer harshness of a regime of scarcity . |
| 24 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 25 | Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . … |
| 26 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 27 | Otto was a busy man , he could not take time off when he wanted . |
| 28 | Faith in collective bargaining could not take root . |
| 29 | This ‘ moral conquest ’ could not take root , if only because modern government meant efficient taxation . |
| 30 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |