Example sentences of "[vb mod] take i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How ironic that it should take me so long to know how I feel about a man and then in that same moment realise that he really is the bastard I first took him for ! |
| 2 | His mother might take me away to live with her . |
| 3 | You might take me there and then run away and leave me ! " said the tiger fearfully . |
| 4 | but then again it 'll take me longer to find that one this morning |
| 5 | The child , now turning a smiling face towards Aggie , said , ‘ I 'll stand on the chair and that 'll take me half-way up , but you 'll have to do the rest , as I ca n't reach . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'll take me seriously , just you watch them ! ’ |
| 7 | They 'll take me there and you can come too . ’ |
| 8 | Then she could take me backstage to meet her beautiful , talented , desirable sister , and who knows … ’ |
| 9 | He may take me tonight and then reject me tomorrow . |
| 10 | I knew that would take me longer |
| 11 | I feel my present responsibilities are as much as I want to cope with and , from now on , promotion would take me away from teaching children . |
| 12 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 13 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |
| 14 | When he got up to go I tried to tell him that I understood , that I would n't say anything if he would take me home , but he backed away out . |
| 15 | ‘ I work in sales and am sure none of my clients would take me seriously if I did n't turn up in a sharp suit . |
| 16 | Only Bob , with his experience as a psychiatric nurse , would take me seriously . |
| 17 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 18 | She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes . |
| 19 | ( The so-called bra half is also used and written ( To explain what purpose it serves would take me too far into the mathematical mysteries of dual vector spaces and scalar products — see Appendix , A4 . ) |
| 20 | Constance had barely heard of it but said , with much more confidence than she was feeling , ‘ No , but I hope Ludo will take me there soon . ’ |
| 21 | No other world will take me so fully into its secret ways . |
| 22 | Of course , there are times when it 's frustrating — it can take me twice as long to find anything , for example . |
| 23 | ‘ You can take me home , ’ she said . |
| 24 | I 'm only going to shake hands anyway , then you can take me home . ’ |
| 25 | When he walked in I thought , You can take me dirty dancing any day of the week . |
| 26 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |