Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] take [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 2 | jack Carey , who was an explorer as well as a student of Oriental languages , had promised to take them to the most remote corners of the earth some day , and they had often pictured themselves camping in the silent desert , or following some ancient track to a ruined city which had once been great . |
| 3 | Father had promised to take me with the added bonus of an afternoon off school . |
| 4 | He had offered to take them to the local dressmaker 's to have them seamed in to a more fashionable line , but Gina would n't even let him do that . |
| 5 | Miss Poraway had at once become tearful and Lavinia had had to take her to the kitchen . |
| 6 | A gentleman caller had arrived to take her to the ball . |
| 7 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |
| 8 | The car which we had ordered to take us to the station never appeared , and we travelled instead in a dilapidated tonga . |