Example sentences of "[conj] take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst aspect of Maastricht was its rushed attempt to suppress the effects of the end of the cold war , rather than take them on board . |
| 2 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 3 | A woman who left her pet greyhound in agony rather than take it to a vet after it broke its leg in a road accident has been banned from keeping dogs for seven years . |
| 4 | NT is a more powerful alternative to Windows For Workgroups , Brown says , and this market niche gives Microsoft the opportunity to undermine Novell from the low end rather than take it on head-to-head . |
| 5 | be nice to get it from rather than take it from here that 's what I was thinking . |
| 6 | If he told Mr Jackson then he 'd come and take me to Combe Court , and I do n't want that . |
| 7 | I had suggested in the note that , as it was then three-fifteen , rather than their breaking camp , one of them should drive back and take me to where they were for the night and back to the village next morning . |
| 8 | ‘ But … but why did n't she come and take me with her ? |
| 9 | By the way her mother fiddled with the handle of her wicker basket Constance could tell that she was longing for the bus to come and take her to Chollerton where her beauty and style might stand some chance of being noticed . |
| 10 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 11 | So I have to turn over and take her in my arms . |
| 12 | Yet , though she longed to flee from him , to put huge distances between them , there was something drawing her , some mystery in him that seemed to reach out and take her in its clutches . |
| 13 | In John 6:15 , there is a curious statement , that ‘ Jesus , who could see why they were about to come and take him by force and make him king , escaped back to the hills by himself . ’ |
| 14 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 15 | Then proceed to those that have still some way to go and take them at least a little further . |
| 16 | and she 's going round , she 's gon na try and take them to court ! |
| 17 | There is no doubt that the person entitled to goods may enter and take them from the land of the first taker if the taker himself wrongfully put them there . |
| 18 | is er , Robert you can come up and take us through the four steps of selling . |
| 19 | Should you ever want to organise a course on ‘ Cut & Sew ’ I can really recommend you have Pam to come and take it for you . |
| 20 | They might run off and take it with them . |
| 21 | But we had to go and take it into his culler I had one day at that , I thought I thought I 'd had enough coal . |
| 22 | Good caddies have good temperaments. just watch Ian Wright getting a lambasting from Seve Ballesteros and see if Ian ever answers back , or , indeed , reacts in any way other than to quietly stand and take it on the chin , metaphorically speaking of course . |
| 23 | ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says . |
| 24 | I could n't stand by and take it from that arrogant old blimp without putting a word in . ’ |
| 25 | One day I shall go back and take it from them . ’ |
| 26 | Now just , let's just pause there and take it in stages . |
| 27 | In five minutes we 'll come back and take you to the medical centre for more tests . ’ |