Example sentences of "to take [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had every reason not to take me seriously as a soldier as he knew how idle I had been in prior days in Layforce . ’ |
| 2 | So I decided to take them outside for a breath of fresh air , ’ she added , turning her worried blue eyes in mute appeal to the uniformed policewoman sitting in the corner of the room . |
| 3 | If you can imagine someone losing their job , the depression that actually causes , perhaps both within them and with their family , the idea of being able to take them away for a holiday to forget about things might be a good thing at the end of the day . |
| 4 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 5 | By and large , we are talking about commuter lines designed to bring people from the south-east to central London in the morning and to take them home in the evening . |
| 6 | ‘ I said to Bernie if they were mine I 'd want to take them inside on a night . |
| 7 | ‘ What the hell did you think — that I was going to take you here on the ground — or up against some tree ? |
| 8 | Foolish because if you do not tell me , I have the power to take you away from the river bank , away from the sun and light , and shut you in the caracol for ever . ’ |
| 9 | In Manhattan , the famous yellow water-taxis thread their way through the grid of canals to take you directly to the landing-stage of hotels in the luxuriously converted upper storeys of what were once the city 's proudest skyscrapers . |
| 10 | ‘ In a moment I want to take you across to the Rosemount wing . |
| 11 | He wondered if they had come to take him away to a Home for ungrateful and unwanted children . |
| 12 | All he wanted was a ‘ getaway car ’ to take him away from the zebra crossing as fast as possible because , when he jumped into my life , he was being chased by a whole gang armed with crossbows and intent on target practice . |
| 13 | Had to take him home in a taxi and we had to book out for him . |
| 14 | At first , like her many other activities , the home maintenance course at the Adult Education Centre had been just a desperate device to take her away from the boredom of George . |
| 15 | What she craved was the security of marriage and was only too pleased when Charles began to take her seriously during the summer of 1980 . |
| 16 | He offered to take her home on the back of his horse . |
| 17 | Mr Anderson , married with two sons and based at Surbiton , has denied raping the woman after agreeing to take her home from a discotheque last March . |
| 18 | Waiting games with Rembrandt and Vermeer : Brian Cathcart learns how to take it easy on a trip to The Hague , our last Channel Hop |
| 19 | But getting fit takes time and commitment and if you 're no spring chicken , you have to take it easy along the way . |
| 20 | But getting fit takes time and commitment and if you 're no spring chicken , you have to take it easy along the way . |
| 21 | Just occasionally an electron whose energy is not enough to take it legitimately over the top will nevertheless emerge the other side . |
| 22 | Two people replied — a man who offered to take it away for a fiver and Mrs Morrison , who dropped in for a quick look and said she wanted something for her playroom . |
| 23 | ‘ I push you up the hill and then you 're not content to take it steady on the track , oh no . |
| 24 | Ten-year-old Luke Johnson dug it up and thinking it was ‘ dead ’ , planned to take it home as an ornament . |
| 25 | ‘ The only way to know whether we are doing any good would be to take us away for a year ! |