Example sentences of "who [modal v] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | who must take a place |
| 2 | There will always be people who 'll take a chance . |
| 3 | She was not going to dig up ancient grievances or remind Gloria of days gone by , when she used to come into the Watermen with half a dozen different gentlemen-friends in tow or , which was even worse , unaccompanied and on the look-out for a lonely man who might take a fancy to her . |
| 4 | And the moody Rich who would take a girl out to sit by a river , leave her as untouched as a Madonna in a Lady Chapel and read poetry aloud . |
| 5 | The heightened interest in underwater archaeology caused by the find of the Brindisi bronzes has prompted the new Ministro per i Beni Culturali , Alberto Ronchey , to propose changes in the law : first , to extend the limit of Italian territorial waters beyond the six miles off the coast currently in force and beyond the seabed on the continental shelf ( no distance has yet been specified ) ; second , to consider allocating underwater ‘ concessions ’ to non-government teams who would take a course in the theory and practice of underwater excavation and make up the shortfall in trained divers . |
| 6 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 7 | We 'd ring up the police , who would take a bunch of these youths into the same exit and do'em over . |
| 8 | She was critical of what she called ‘ strong-minded women ’ , who went in for stridency and useless eccentricity , preferring the ‘ sound-minded women … who can take a journey by railway without an escort , who can stand by a friend through a surgical operation , and who yet wear ordinary bonnets and carry medium-sized umbrellas ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Lennox is like an old-time champion who can take a man out with one punch . ’ |
| 10 | But those who can take a joke have ranged from children to adults - something that the Uderzo-Goscinny team had never anticipated . |