Example sentences of "that take [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is a question that takes me utterly by surprise as you obviously admire all this . |
| 2 | Embodying the alienation of the Westernized Latin-American intellectual , the protagonist of The Lost Steps , a musician resident in New York , recovers his lost identity as a man and as an artist when he undertakes an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco , a journey that takes him backwards in time to a prehistoric world ; but his eventual return to civilization implies a recognition on Carpentier 's part that , for a twentieth-century Latin American , going back to one 's roots has to be compatible with the realities of the modern world . |
| 3 | Very possibly , and a remark of Michael Carson 's explaining what it was that took him abroad in search of the other shows how the celebration may share the stereotypes of the demonized : |
| 4 | The haughty face was still for a second more and then he began to laugh softly , warm , dark laughter that took her completely by surprise . |
| 5 | But now , this dinghy club that my mate 's and he , he 's got tractors at Cromer that take them out of water so |
| 6 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |