Example sentences of "[verb] take [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ .
2 Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation .
3 Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’
4 His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family .
5 His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between .
6 Nicholson 's new boy Adrian Maguire has thirty four winners already … but a double from Richard Dunwoody has taken him into the twenties
7 THE BUCK STOPS HERE : Trevor McDonald 's distinguished career has taken him from a poor , but loving , childhood in Trinidad to being ITN 's first solo anchorman Picture : BILL KENNEDY
8 The Renaissance was a rebirth of the Alexandrian-Roman spirit , and it has taken us on the same path .
9 ‘ The Mirror has taken it from the limited audience it has had right out into the open .
10 And again in abbreviated form that , I just want to take you through the molecular basis for endotoxin action .
11 Oh we 're not , we do n't need to take it till the next one .
12 He wants to take her into the Royal Infirmary for tests . ’
13 I see let take it from the other end , why did you have to take the insertion of the contingency fund of the estimates
14 3 ) In the instruction manual for the BOSS ME-5 it says to take it to a recognised dealer to get the back-up memory battery replaced .
15 The ancient servitor , who drove with a slack rein and a sublime disregard of the pot-holes , seemed to take it as a personal affront that Miss Kyte had kept him waiting for more than two hours .
16 Father had promised to take me with the added bonus of an afternoon off school .
17 All right , ’ she said obediently , deciding to take it as a professional instruction .
18 He had offered to take them to the local dressmaker 's to have them seamed in to a more fashionable line , but Gina would n't even let him do that .
19 Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer .
20 After demonstrations outside his home and threats to his life , Tshisekedi refused the position , denying that he had agreed to take it at a secret meeting with the President .
21 Oh I 've got to take you in the Chinese shop .
22 Oh , I 've got to take you in the Chinese shop
23 He was going to take me to the derelict château he and Montaine had discovered in a clearing in one of the forests .
24 He said right then I suppose you 're going to take me over the wee pub now .
25 I 'm going to take you to a little place that 'll sell us a bottle of scotch in the back room , and nobody any the wiser .
26 I should n't have took it in the first place .
27 The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car .
28 That would have taken them past the vital February sailing time along what Whitehall claims is an organised escape route .
29 He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank .
30 Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality .
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