Example sentences of "[pron] took [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took him out last Saturday |
| 2 | When it was delivered — Rob and I took it over one evening — it looked pretty good against all the shawls and old textiles that Elise had spread around the room . |
| 3 | I took it home last year . |
| 4 | Well , that did n't mean a thing to me , so she took me out next day to the Champs Elysée , into a very expensive shop . |
| 5 | As agreements between insurers and mortgage lenders run on short contracts , the insurers can alter conditions or stop offering policies altogether , often at a month 's notice , leaving your mortgage unprotected whether you took it out six months or several years ago . |
| 6 | They took 'im away last week . |
| 7 | Er yes a lot of folk went out that way with their ponies er in fact that 's how they used to take the men when any Glen Shee person died in Glen Ayloch they took them out that way to the kirk here in Glen Shee kirk . |
| 8 | They took me home that night in Gillian 's rebarbatively quotidian motor-car . |
| 9 | The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up . |
| 10 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
| 11 | He took her by back streets to Golden Lane , where he handed her over to Noakes , the mortuary attendant . |
| 12 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 13 | He took me aside one day and said , ‘ Never sing too much in one house . |
| 14 | Party Politics , known as an equine giant in racing circles because of his massive size , was cruising when he took it up four fences from home , and winning jockey Carl Llewellyn later admitted that his chief concern at that stage had been striking the front too early . |
| 15 | He took it home last night I w I got it going I got the time on it but I |
| 16 | And I tell you what , it took me probably another couple of years to get out of that . |
| 17 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 18 | It took me about six months to even be able to hear what he 'd done ; I just could n't relate to it because I had so many preconceptions about what I thought it should be . |
| 19 | And of Thompson , he added : ‘ It took me about two years to buy Thompson from Slough . |
| 20 | It took me about two weeks to catch up with the loss . |
| 21 | Well one of the great lessons of life is of course you ca n't have everything you want all at the same time it took me about sixty years to learn that . |
| 22 | It took me about ten days to work my way into it , after that I found it very acceptable . |
| 23 | It took me about three hours to get six stops . |
| 24 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |
| 25 | It took me about three months , perhaps longer , three to six months before I realised that I was dependent on it . |
| 26 | It took me about three seconds to realize that no human agency would ever get the ball out that way and without thinking I withdrew my hands , braced both thumbs behind the angle of the lower jaw and pushed . |
| 27 | It has everything you need to control your stock and invoices and is the ideal package for the small business , due to its ease of use , it took me only five minutes to get to grips with the program . |
| 28 | it took me quite some time to cross that road ; |
| 29 | Bright little creature — it took her just three minutes to work this out as her antennae fluttered in the sudden sweet smelling breeze . |
| 30 | Sinking down on her bed , she found that it took her quite some time to get herself more of one piece . |