Example sentences of "take [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my third memory my mother takes me to see Chaplin 's Limelight . |
| 2 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 3 | ‘ For pity 's sake just sit there and try not to do anything silly for the time it takes me to fill two bowls with cawl . ’ |
| 4 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 5 | However long it takes me to finish my job . ’ |
| 6 | But in the time it takes me to do this , the incoming train has reached the other end of the station platform . |
| 7 | ‘ He often takes me to work with him ’ |
| 8 | And er , as you 'll see , probably next week 's , I 'm not going to get to this now , er , next week , or possible the week after , even , depending on how long it takes me to get there , I will suggest to you that the revolution now taking place in behavioural science , does suggest wh what they are , and that there are in fact some deeply countering intuitive insights , erm , into this whole issue , which have only emerged in the last few years . |
| 9 | In this way the youngsters make it clear that they are not yet mature enough to be considered rivals for territories or breeding partners and are allowed to feed on the reef beside their parents for the several months that it takes them to grow to maturity . |
| 10 | One thing all that experience with women has taught me is how long it takes them to get dressed . |
| 11 | Each booklet can fit into a back pocket and is designed to be read in the 90 minutes it takes someone to get to work . |
| 12 | It takes someone to know something . |
| 13 | He takes himself to have true premises and a valid inference to a true conclusion ; the premises might include the proposition that in the past he has made mistakes . |
| 14 | ‘ Aye ; well ’ — he got on to his feet now — ‘ it takes somebody to expose it . |
| 15 | It need take no longer than it takes you to interview a pupil and make a job offer . |
| 16 | at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing |
| 17 | I mean in the time is takes you to do a sketch you can draw accurately |
| 18 | Well please yourself , how long it takes you to do it . |
| 19 | You know roughly how long it takes you to dress yourself ; you know what time the children arrive home from school . |
| 20 | ‘ You know how long it takes you to wash and get yourself into bed , Beth reminded her . |
| 21 | ( In the time it takes you to read this you could be enjoying it . ) |
| 22 | Is that how long it takes you to get home then by taxi or by car ? |
| 23 | From such a quarter this is significant testimony ( though it prompts in me the reflection that it takes one to know one ) . |
| 24 | It seems , then , that in the absence of more objective procedures and criteria , government is here prepared to place its trust in the process described in a well-known British idiom as ‘ it takes one to know one ’ . |
| 25 | Well , I suppose it takes one to know one , as they say ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe it takes one to know one ! |
| 27 | Takes one to know one . |
| 28 | takes one to know one |
| 29 | He takes her to live in the Valley of Paradise , where all her desires are met except one , which is to see the face of her husband . |
| 30 | To set it up , the amount of time it takes her to get it up , be prepared |