Example sentences of "[vb past] take i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Field work to acquire the specimens that I drew took me scuba-diving in the warm , subtropical waters of Natal and Zululand and braving seasickness on a research ship off the Transkei coast . |
| 2 | When they tried to take me away he explained , politely , that he was staying with me . |
| 3 | I promised to see that Constanza would get to Brussels on time , and he promised to take me behind the scenes of the art world . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , my dear , ’ she said to Cobalt , ‘ you promised to take me home . |
| 5 | Rosie promised to take me on her next day off . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ D' you remember , ’ Cal said , ‘ when I was new at school when you were too , three years ago , they 'd taken me away from St Catherine 's and I never told you why . |
| 7 | They 'ud 've strung me up if they 'd taken me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If only they 'd taken me ! |
| 9 | ‘ Did the director mention he 'd taken me on ? ’ |
| 10 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 11 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 12 | He wore a priest 's cassock and clerical collar and seemed perfectly at home in the sacristy at the back of the church to which he 'd taken me . |
| 13 | I had called Professor Ruiperez from my hostal , and at once he came to take me out to lunch at an expensive restaurant featuring all the local dishes , including a hearty paella and fine Rioja wines . |
| 14 | He was still laughing and saying ‘ To a Haggis ’ when the guard came to take me downstairs and lock me up . |
| 15 | It was n't a date or anything — he just came to take me there . |
| 16 | Very few people seemed to take me seriously . |
| 17 | And that happened at 23 with an actress who happened to take me under her wing , so to speak . |
| 18 | So out I went , Halton is ringed with beautiful beech forests and one of my training runs just happened to take me through one of these forests where I felt I was utterly safe except for the birds and the bees . |
| 19 | It was during the summer months of 1968 that my father first began taking me to Walton junction , Liverpool to see what must have been the very last of the steam trains thunder past at 7 o'clock . |
| 20 | Without any preamble , except the customary offer of a cup of tea which I declined , the Inspector began to take me in painstaking detail through my account of my discovery of Froggy 's body . |
| 21 | Lord knows , it was like a fever that threatened to take me over . |
| 22 | I was about five when Dad started taking me with him when he went off to the allotment and I remember how , on a Wednesday evening , we went to Johnny Lampard 's yard in Exeter Street . |
| 23 | ‘ He offered to take me away from there . |
| 24 | ‘ You managed to take me by surprise this time — but those tactics wo n't work again . |
| 25 | The primary entry was a compositional definition , but two of seven further entries did take me to the deep mantle . |
| 26 | ‘ Dr Markham did take me , but he was the obvious person to do so , especially as he works there . ’ |
| 27 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 28 | He was working until the evening of the following day , but he asked to take me out again and I said it would be delightful . |
| 29 | I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London . |
| 30 | Mrs Rosenbloom nearly always found out about it and she would be mad that he had taken me from my work with the children . |