Example sentences of "[adv] take [pron] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 2 | We had better take her to the mortuary , before the daily hordes come pouring in . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better take me to the station , then . |
| 4 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 5 | I think you press backspace so that 'll just take it to the end and then if you press again no it 's just gon na delete |
| 6 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 7 | The other moments I will treasure were the near-perfect serving of Michael Stich in his first Wimbledon final against Boris Becker , which puts a new and totally unexpected name on that historic trophy ; the charmless street-fighter qualities of Monica Seles which nevertheless took her to the number one spot in the world while showing total contempt for most of the accepted standards of behaviour that should belong to a champion ; and finally the conversion of Andre Agassi from teenage rebel to near-establishment idol at Wimbledon , where he appeared in shining white and won the hearts not only of his adoring army of fans , but also of most of the middle-age traditionalists . |
| 8 | Anyhow , my father 's just taken her to the doctor 's , so I thought I 'd give you a ring . |
| 9 | Just take me to the house . ’ |
| 10 | Cedric usually takes me to the station — ’ she giggled slightly , ‘ I 've never learned to drive , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 11 | Over a year on from the hurricane blast of ‘ Purity ’ they still petrify , the blustery emotional gales of their live outings still taking me to the brink of a seizure . |
| 12 | Since the Trust was founded Hillary has spent much of his life touring around the world raising money , always with the same enthusiasm that once took him to the top of Everest . |
| 13 | One year , I was so proud of Dad , who always took me to the Fair on the Tuesday evening , because he won a coconut which I carried home feeling most superior . |
| 14 | Always take someone to the toilet if they ask . |
| 15 | In spite of its loose thinking Lorentz 's argument really takes us to the nub of the whole Hollywood system . |
| 16 | He then takes it to the bank and gets the money , to spend as he chooses . |
| 17 | On a parish visit the pastor would sometimes take him to the bedside of a dying man or woman and Ramsey would sit long by the bed , saying almost nothing , but holding hands and at the end giving a blessing . |
| 18 | Towsie ( nickname for one of the foreign miners ) came and sat down beside me while the smoke cleared a bit , and then took me to the trench , which was full of red embers , roasting the rock as when you roast eggs in the ashes . |
| 19 | The girl , thin-faced and undernourished , watched with complete indifference as Jessica then took them to the parapet and scattered them onto the turbulent black surface of the river , where they swirled beautifully , made changing patterns as they swept between the steep stone walls . |
| 20 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 21 | Instead , 18-year-old Lee 's parents had to drive from their Middlesbrough home to collect him and then take him to the town 's General Hospital , where the next day doctors gave him just six hours to live . |
| 22 | Er they actually took us to the petrol station to get more fuel and after a er five course lunch with the local farmer and his family er which was all very nice and er not too much wine of course as you can well appreciate erm we telephoned the gendarmerie and they came along and er closed the main road for er approximately twenty minutes and we took off on a road . |
| 23 | He had subsequently taken her to the cinema , where she had been startled to feel his hand creep into hers . |