Example sentences of "[was/were] take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Anne was surprised that nobody was taking her up on it . |
| 32 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 33 | John was taking her for granted , so were the children . |
| 34 | He was taking her to St Bartholomew 's , the hospital where he was a junior physician . |
| 35 | I was taking her home with me … . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ He wanted her to go and buy some presentable clothes she could wear to the sort of smart restaurants he was taking her to . ’ |
| 37 | I thought he was taking her away for ever . |
| 38 | Half an hour later , Rosie was dreamily humming the same tune in the back of the taxi-cab that was taking her and Ernest home to Poplar ; they had slipped quietly away from the party , leaving the pub by the side door . |
| 39 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 40 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 41 | She need n't have worried ; a brief note from Dana on the kitchen table said that Roman was taking her out to dinner and that she was not to wait up , neither was she to wake Dana in the morning ; she would come for her fitting in the afternoon . |
| 42 | Dr Russell was taking her seriously , and she was wasting his time . |
| 43 | In her misery she did n't even notice where he was taking her until they were on his back doorstep . |
| 44 | And then she saw where he was taking her and her heart sank . |
| 45 | The route was taking her over a highway that twisted and turned across central North Island mountain ranges where the air was fresh and clear . |
| 46 | She also sensed that Silas was taking her to see the kiwi because it was something he himself enjoyed doing . |
| 47 | She had told him she was promised that evening to Charles Harvey , who was taking her to Jeffrey Archer 's party . |
| 48 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 49 | She felt him naked between her thighs , felt the throb of his manhood against her slippery skin , and his long , expert fingers were still on the pulse that was taking her over , making her mad , driving her into wild darkness , and his voice said thickly , ‘ Rachel … |
| 50 | Ian was taking her out . |
| 51 | Was taking her away . |
| 52 | Ooh God , Sally was taking her out ! |
| 53 | In fact , one of the gardeners was dismissed only a fortnight ago because it was thought he was taking them . |
| 54 | ‘ Me wages are in there and I was taking them to me ma . |
| 55 | She sought oblivion , and one tablet a night quickly escalated to two , then three , then a couple in the morning , then four , until eventually she was taking them like sweeties . |
| 56 | Later Mr Arbiter — a former radio reporter — said : ‘ The BBC crew wanted to do some filming so I was taking them round . |
| 57 | No one asked where he was taking them . |
| 58 | And gallant Spiderglass was taking them food and medicine . |
| 59 | They ran away , although this was taking them further into the old town when they had hoped to escape from it . |
| 60 | Joanne often felt that she could have taught a topic to the whole class in a fraction of the time it was taking them to find it out for themselves . |