Example sentences of "would [adv] take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the beer can had been invented , that is evolved , in one place , it was inevitable that it would eventually take the place of the bottle all over the world , though the process is still going on . |
| 2 | On the other hand , when the price is much below 36s. , even those sellers who would rather take the price than leave the market with their corn unsold , will argue that at that price the demand will be in excess of the supply : so they will wait , and by waiting help to bring the price up . |
| 3 | And they would n't touch her with a barge pole cos it 's all plastic and all fake and people would just take the piss . |
| 4 | The waiter would not take the order if he knew that the accused did not intend to pay . |
| 5 | He would not take the money . |
| 6 | It would not take the Regent long to ride there , but the displaying of himself and party in the quite large township and before the castle itself could take time ; and coaxing Balliol and his people out , if successful , might take longer still . |
| 7 | He would not take the crown ; therefore ‘ t is certain he was not ambitious |
| 8 | The jury rejected the newspaper 's defence that the ordinary reasonable reader of the " News of the World " would not take the allegations of such a person seriously . |
| 9 | His relations gave him up , deploring his French expedition and the revolutionary sympathies it so clearly implied , and despairing that he would ever take the opportunities available to him for making a career in the Church or the law . |
| 10 | Mr Graham would always take the view that this ‘ dignity ’ was something like a woman 's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it . |
| 11 | He said that the inspectorate would probably take the form of an ‘ inspectorate of national inspectorates ’ . |
| 12 | It was that inborn sense of duty that motivated people like Joanna They would automatically take the helm . |
| 13 | Having some information on helplines in other areas and countries , they realized that such a service in London would both take the pressure off them and be an asset to the community . |
| 14 | The December meeting would now take the form of a consultative congress . |
| 15 | But she would n't take the blame , because she had done nothing to encourage it . |
| 16 | I would n't take the Ariel A147 on the mountains again but would use it at low level campsites . |
| 17 | uh uh I would n't take the chance |
| 18 | Not strange at all , of course , in economic terms , since the slacks and Pringle jumper brigade who make up the bulk of business in summer would n't take the Austin Maxi out of the car-port if there was even a remote chance of frost . |
| 19 | I would n't take no no I would n't take the golf clubs with me . |
| 20 | The Phoenix in London 's Charing Cross Road , which was empty at the time , would n't take the play . |
| 21 | I knew that from day one , and would n't take the trouble of working and saving for them . |
| 22 | She had a commode in her room , but she just could n't use the commode or she 'd urinate on it — she just would n't take the lid off or get the hang of this thing at all . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't take the picture for a million dollars . |
| 24 | rotting away they would n't take the rubbish would they ? |
| 25 | He would n't take the hint , though . |
| 26 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
| 27 | Jarman would then take the man 's belongings , deposit the body in a nearby river and sell his horse and clothes to the taciturn gypsies that wandered the moor . |
| 28 | Sir Denys would then take the role of chairman , while Mr Hampel would become chief executive — and push through a radical restructuring plan ? |
| 29 | And it would undoubtedly take the edge off the bliss for you , too . |
| 30 | But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) . |