Example sentences of "not take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 2 | Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest . |
| 3 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 4 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 5 | Let him not take me in his arms . |
| 6 | Rose did not take him at his word . |
| 7 | One of them , Machik , ‘ manifested great inventiveness , cunning and insidiousness in his struggle against the Russian authorities , and the voevody could not take him at his word ’ . |
| 8 | The Storys leave for Rome at the end of this month and can not take him with them . |
| 9 | His repugnance , for example , does not take him to the point of seeking to prevent those who wished to take part in war from doing so . |
| 10 | ‘ I shall not take him to Court . |
| 11 | She could not take him to Nan-Nan who would soon be , if she were n't already , fussing , supervising the nurserymaids , the care of the baby … . |
| 12 | He thrust the clothes brush into the bewildered Prendergast 's hand , patted him on the shoulder , and made tracks for the Personnel Director 's Office by a circuitous route that did not take him past his own . |
| 13 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 14 | Breaks my heart to part with them but I am going to live abroad and can not take them with me . |
| 15 | Housing allowances invariably form a separate part of the remuneration policy ( although it is surprising how many employers do not take them into account when determining cost of living allowances ) . |
| 16 | The people in the street outside may tell the market researchers that they are more confident than they were six months ago , but that does not take them into the shop , put their money over the counter or pay the staff wages of the retailer . |
| 17 | Maybe they simply see the ark as a visible guarantee of God 's presence and of victory , but that understanding of it is no better , for then they turn it into an idol , ascribe to it magical powers , and leave us asking why they did not take it into battle in the first place . |
| 18 | At least in the youth game the referee has a very clear directive as to who should be awarded the put-in ; the side who did not take it into ruck or maul . |
| 19 | I only pray heaven she may not take it into her head to run away while I am out of reach ! ’ |
| 20 | They knew the realist option but did not take it as a way out of a social impasse , because , I would argue , the phenomenalist tendency of thought is too strong . |
| 21 | Please do not take it as an example that you may all leap to your feed to make your bids . |
| 22 | When using this fin elastic , thread it up through the feeder as usual , but do not take it through the tape-up spring ( the antennae at the end of the tension wire ) . |
| 23 | ‘ If you are so careful of it , ’ said Allen , ‘ why not take it with you ? ’ |
| 24 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 25 | We can not take it for granted any longer that the division of Germany is sustainable ; in consequence , the whole European security order may be unstable . |
| 26 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 27 | Let us not take it for granted . |
| 28 | The ethnomethodologist does not take it for granted . |
| 29 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 30 | Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time . |