Example sentences of "[noun sg] to take [pers pn] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her fingers into her mouth to take him out — There was nothing there . |
| 2 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've got the firepower to take them out , ’ Ace said , scrambling to her feet . |
| 4 | The most obvious person to take it out on is your boyfriend , and so I settled for that . |
| 5 | The impulse to take it out of the box and start taking pictures right away can be very strong , and the user-friendliness of these machines is such that it is quite possible to do just that . |
| 6 | ‘ There was no pressure to take it out . |
| 7 | The responsibility for bearing human beings was too great for a human being to bear : to bring a child into the world was a terrible thing to do unless you could be sure that there was someone at the end to take it out with at least as much love and care as you had brought it in with . |
| 8 | The sight of Fred and Daisy after the first night added to his nerve , and he scooped the skeletal Peaseblossom out of a dressing-room full of tulle to take her out to dinner with them . |
| 9 | It has no right to be there and if you will take my advice you will tell Frank Coven to take it out of that window and back to the bank as fast as he can . ’ |
| 10 | You never know , might be to make enough money to take you out somewhere for a decent Christmas do . |
| 11 | You should n't be reading until Doctor 's seen you and you need company to take you out of yourself . |
| 12 | Do n't you have a boyfriend to take you out to lunch ? ’ |
| 13 | The plots , counterplots , dead bodies and other nasty goings-on are laced with a soupçon of romantic interest to take it out of the boys- only category . |