Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] take [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had to take her to the polo . |
| 2 | ‘ Beside all that , ’ Robert said , ‘ I had to take him into the city , and he was n't real keen — I 'm sure he prefers Sydney to London . ’ |
| 3 | So I had to take it from the telesales side to get the appointment to get in the door to do a demonstration and then to do the after sales . |
| 4 | but I never had anything , I just went from one to the another , and I had to take it in the hall one day and I was n't , I was never very good at maths anyway , not that kind of maths . |
| 5 | I had taken her to the Three Tuns , and told the others to meet us there , on the basis that it was the second nearest pub to the scene of the demo and the nearest one to Seymour Street police station . |
| 6 | I had taken them to the meeting . |
| 7 | She expected to take them through the process several times , demonstrating the skills and strategies involved , and gradually increasing the amount which they were able to tackle independently , before they could manage by themselves . |
| 8 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 9 | Once she had taken them to the cinema and Oliver had been sick with excitement and ice-cream . |
| 10 | Anyway , Mrs Aggie had been very sorry she had struck her and she had taken her into the town and bought her a real new bonnet , although she would allow her to wear it only on a Sunday . |
| 11 | ’ You had to take it from the inspector , you ca n't answer back . |
| 12 | We had taken them with the aforementioned pinch of salt . |
| 13 | They 'd taken her from the police cells after two days . |
| 14 | Well it should n't it it did i but if you just went up to the top they got a pair of I should think about four or five lengths they had to take it off the sprocket and er course you see they |
| 15 | As a result they had taken him to the police , and then Sommerville had been questioned . |
| 16 | When they had taken him from the hospital block with his possessions and spare clothes in a cloth sack he had smiled and shaken hands and believed that the flight was close , Berlin he had thought it would be . |
| 17 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 18 | Paul Ingouf then said that they wished to take us to the spot where the aircraft had crashed . |
| 19 | I promised to see that Constanza would get to Brussels on time , and he promised to take me behind the scenes of the art world . |
| 20 | And he went to take her by the arm , for he feared that she might fall — only for an even worse horror to grip Sally-Anne , so that she pushed him violently away , quite unable to control herself , stammering , ‘ No — no … ’ |
| 21 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
| 22 | Soon after he met Marigold he had taken her to the opera to see Die Walküre and afterwards had said without forethought : |
| 23 | He had taken her to the woods and she sucked his cock and he screwed her on a bed of moss and soft earth . |
| 24 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 25 | But they told their grand father that they had seen the god , and that he had taken them to the mountain-top . |
| 26 | He had taken it to the President , and he had liked it , and he had signed it . |
| 27 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 28 | He wanted to take me to the dance , you see . |
| 29 | He refused to take her to the pub to have a drink , explaining that he did not want to hurt Jayne , who would not approve of his energy being spent on anything other than skating . |
| 30 | type canoe , India , Indian canoe type thing you see and the blo but he was a an old mariner , he was seventy seven and he volunteered to take us on the river . |