Example sentences of "[verb] to take [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew the offers would disappear again the very moment she tried to take them up . |
| 2 | Instead , Cecil King , who had pledged the TUC he would keep the paper alive till the end of the decade ( providing its obvious description as King 's cross ) , tried to take it up market and appeal to the younger voters , better off but ‘ socially radical ’ , whose support had just helped elect Harold Wilson into office . |
| 3 | When I tried to take it off I found that Lili had pinned it to my petticoat and I was trapped in it . |
| 4 | If you want to take them out of the book |
| 5 | ‘ I want to take them back there , with the others — and see it for myself . |
| 6 | I want to take you out , to shop with you , buy you nice presents and have a nice time with you . |
| 7 | " I want to take you out to dinner , Lollie , " he said . |
| 8 | And then he said , I do n't mean to put pressure on , but I want to get to know you , we 've got so much in common and erm I want to take you out for dinner , not just go to the concert , but , we do n't get to know each other that way . |
| 9 | Er I can still order them , I mean if you want to take it around , you can take it and |
| 10 | I know you want to take it in . |
| 11 | There are lots of people who want to take us over . ’ |
| 12 | Officers from the Lothian and Borders force are expected to take him back to Scotland tonight . |
| 13 | Officers from the Lothian and Borders force are expected to take him back to Scotland tonight . |
| 14 | God had thus clearly transferred the realm to his brothers , whom the bishops now invited to take it up . |
| 15 | My dad says there are really good routes worth doing that are only V.Diff and that 's all he ever wants to take me up , but I just do n't want to know . |
| 16 | ‘ He wants to take me out to dinner tonight , ’ Alexandra could not resist adding . |
| 17 | By the way , Ian rang and wants to take me out tonight . |
| 18 | She just come to tell me that she really wants to take him out . |
| 19 | Yes and if that bloody Karen comes on the scene and wants to take him back I shall tell her , if you go back Paul |
| 20 | But the money gets nicked , so the one who 's married , she goes and robs erm a store and then , they , the policeman pulls them over and wants to take them in so they lock him in his boot . |
| 21 | In A Hundred Years of Solitude we even sense that the writer wants to take us back into childhood , into the time when ‘ the world was … recent . ’ |
| 22 | But now the bus company wants to take it over . |
| 23 | She wants to take you over to Debenhams or somewhere and go and have tea . |
| 24 | I 've come to take you in . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've come to take you back to London , ’ Roman said . |
| 26 | I have come to take you back to England , if that is what you want . |
| 27 | If they come in trousers they are warned or made to take them off . |
| 28 | Are you prepared to take it on or what ? |
| 29 | A while later , when she was finished and dressed and sitting alone , Charlie came to take her out to the taxi . |
| 30 | 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 . |