Example sentences of "the [noun pl] take [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber .
2 Good , she told herself fiercely , swinging away from the view and collecting the glasses to take them into the kitchen .
3 After two or three days of exploring Stanley and its environs it was time to go to ‘ camp ’ ( from a Spanish word ‘ campos ’ meaning countryside ) and our tour of the islands took us to the three or four places equipped to deal with small parties of visitors .
4 but , I did hear something , I do n't know whether it 's true , that the doctors took him off the
5 El-ahrairah allowed himself to be persuaded and the soldiers took him to the king .
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