Example sentences of "[adv] to take [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Pakistan , political sensitivities take priority , for despite Prime Minister Bhutto 's public commitment to a crusade against the drug barons , everybody knows that the new democracy is not strong enough to take them on . |
| 2 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 3 | Really I just did n't feel strong enough to take it in as well and do it properly you know . |
| 4 | I 'm strong enough to take you on — and beat you — at your own devious little game ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Listen , I did n't get you here just to take me in — ‘ |
| 6 | Came home in evening he says purposely to take me over next morn early . |
| 7 | It 's so irritating having to constantly stop and put your kagoul on , and then stop 40 seconds later to take it off again . |
| 8 | Now to take you back to when you were on the committee representing what kind of complaints did you have to get there ? |
| 9 | Alison 's here to take him out do n't you ? |
| 10 | ‘ You 're here to take me back , are n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened . |
| 12 | Is the Reverend Morey calling here to take you back home ? ’ |
| 13 | The improved colt quickened well to take it up over two furlongs out and went to the line clear of the dead-heaters Steinbeck and Wilde Rufo , with the latter subsequently disqualified when jockey Richard Quinn weighed in 6lb light . |
| 14 | And I used to get a penny or tuppence sometimes to take it in . |
| 15 | Adams also claimed that top points scorer Tony Hand was ‘ gooned ’ and added : ‘ Someone was put there to take him out . ’ |
| 16 | At one point there seemed to be a lot of people arriving upstairs and we wondered if they were there to take me out . |
| 17 | However , delegates from the Black Consciousness Movement ( BCM ) failed to endorse the resolutions which had been hammered out in hours of debate and decided instead to take them back for further discussions by its supporters . |
| 18 | Oh are you well you 'll have to come back on Friday then and we 'll find somebody else to take you on tomorrow . |