Example sentences of "[adv] to take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hispaniola was moving by herself now , the sea high enough to take her off the beach . |
| 2 | Whenever I go in a minicab on my way to a radio or television programme — the companies are kind enough to take us in a car — I end up discussing with the driver how he has come to Britain in the fairly recent past and now has a job driving round London . |
| 3 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 4 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |
| 5 | Of course , the Bill includes provisions to allow the assigned band to be changed if the value of the property changes sufficiently to take it into another band . |
| 6 | Ricky had to steel himself not to take her in his arms , but he would have been putting a match to a petrol-soaked bonfire , and he did n't want to hate himself any more than he did already . |
| 7 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 8 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |
| 9 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 10 | Er can I hang this up and no , so as not to take it into the church ? |
| 11 | He nodded , putting down his drink on a black marble table and coming over to take hers from her numb fingers . |
| 12 | The right hand pulling on a not very positive lay-off and the left gripping a tenuous pinch , I moved up , expecting friction on the slab above to take me to a small shelf . |
| 13 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 14 | And I think , I mean the kind of situations I would think of as in that would be , just to take it from my own experience , of children who become quite experienced . |
| 15 | She was lying in a freezing ditch , still with her pet dog , four days after she left home to take it for a walk . |
| 16 | Because Kate , for all her faults real and imagined , was the only person ever to take him at face value . |
| 17 | Two big Chicago House DJs are rumoured to be rolling up later to take us into town . |
| 18 | Guy was in the bed — ’ Her voice cracked , and Penry got up to take her in his arms . |
| 19 | Almost every afternoon when Charlie was at school he turned up to take him to the studio to rehearse with his band . |
| 20 | As I got up to take it from him , there was a sharp rapping at the front door . |
| 21 | Er , my Lord may I say that er in relation to the witness statement erm , clearly the credibility of this , the plaintiff Mr is going to be substantially in issue er and therefore er I propose er not to simply to tell him er and say erm in your witness statement your evidence erm but clearly to take him to those areas which are in dispute and to ask him to deal fully with them in I appreciate it 's going to erm take some time to do that but it is important in my submission that your Lordship has the ability to er assess the plaintiffs . |
| 22 | As she passed him to put away the files she hesitated for a moment , and instantly his hand shot out to take hers in a crushing grip . |
| 23 | Now a police truant squad is out to take them off the streets . |
| 24 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 25 | I 'm here to take you to your hotel . " |
| 26 | But you can be absolutely sure that , if that is the position of your business , somebody else somewhere has got your card marked as an easy number and is about to take you by surprise . |
| 27 | Postmen were waiting there to take it on bicycle to the outlying villages and make the return journey with outgoing mail to be despatched on the 6.20 pm train to Hull . |
| 28 | Finally an announcement was made that there was trouble with the rear power car ; we were later told that the train would be terminated at Wolverhampton and a bus laid on to take us to Shrewsbury . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're all right to take me to the pictures , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Mam chose instead to take us to a different hill station every year so that we travelled the length and breadth of India , from Kashmir in the far north-west , four days ' journey by train and road , to the Nilgiri near Simla , and Darjeeling . |