Example sentences of "[prep] take i " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she chose to stay in London to nurse spotty Magnus instead of taking me sailing she was worse than everyone . |
| 2 | And we had a sort of desperate broken conversation , Caliban trying to get out of taking me to hospital , I insisting that he must . |
| 3 | Did not get the job — dear , former [ xx ] Manager , drove me up there ( 6 miles north of Perth ) and then on to Dunkeld where he insisted on giving me lunch — he had originally thought of taking me to Gleneagles , but I had to get back to the outplacement people — and did so , only to find ‘ my ’ counsellor had , for the third time , failed to keep an appointment with me . |
| 4 | Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’ |
| 5 | You know where er that circle is where there 's the shops , well instead of taking I know , instead of taking one road I took another and I got completely lost ! |
| 6 | ‘ And you did very successfully , until your mother saddled you with taking me back to my hotel . ’ |
| 7 | Signe drove the old VW carefully — she was a good driver — and insisted upon taking me the prettiest way to Inkeroinen , which meant through the little side roads around Kouvola . |
| 8 | By the third morning , however , I was so weak and the pain so unbearable that they had little difficulty in taking me up to the theatre and performing the necessary operation . |
| 9 | Whether he had had plans laid for me at the time , or whether at the back of his mind , hidden from consciousness , he knew that in taking me to live with him he would be enrolling someone to deal with the business side of his life , I was never sure . |
| 10 | Thank you for taking me to see Lina . ’ |
| 11 | Thanks for taking me . |
| 12 | thank you for taking me . |
| 13 | ‘ Luke had his reasons for taking me out , and I can assure you , Rob , that they had nothing to do with — with his liking me . ’ |
| 14 | Only a man could say such cruel things , ’ and then , belatedly , remembering her manners , which her mama had so often told her she was always forgetting , ‘ But I must thank you for taking me in . |
| 15 | ‘ 'T WAS little enough payment for taking me to Winchester . ’ |
| 16 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 17 | Forcing a smile , she turned to him and said , ‘ Thank you for taking me to see Aunt Bertha . |
| 18 | ‘ I never thanked you for taking me out today , ’ she said quietly , looking up at him . |
| 19 | She said , ‘ Thanks for walking me home , and thank you again for taking me to Pepe 's . ’ |
| 20 | I could have smacked your bottom for taking me by surprise . |
| 21 | She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’ |
| 22 | Thanks for taking me down anyway . |
| 23 | ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't bother about taking me home . |
| 25 | She sighed , wondering why the mere thought of it made her feel depressed , then she turned to Silas and said hastily , ‘ So there 's no need for you to worry about taking me to see a kiwi . |
| 26 | What about taking me on sometime ? ’ |
| 27 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 28 | He 'd only met Bogie and I — over in the pub , the Dirty Duck , for about half an hour when he insisted on taking me round to Shakespeare 's birthplace . |
| 29 | Original vocalist Caron Wheeler makes a welcome return on Take Me Higher , but my favourite moments are provided by Jazzie B himself , whose pseudo-scientific raps are delivered with a London accent and all the assurance of a crackpot dictator . |
| 30 | The big boys tried to make me feel at home by taking me to the greasy spoon for a pie but what did I care for food as the table rang with drug quips and acerbic one-liners about Danielle Dax from Gavin Martin , James Brown and Danny Kelly . |