Example sentences of "take [pron] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It takes itself for a little walk at night . |
| 2 | I 'll take you for a closer look . ’ |
| 3 | Taylor replaced him and , according to Rust , ‘ preached to the admiration and astonishment of his auditory ; and by his florid and youthful beauty … and sublime and pleasant air made his hearers take him for a young angel ’ . |
| 4 | After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her . |
| 5 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 6 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 7 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 8 | No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the . |
| 9 | Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club . |
| 10 | His absorption with Mao and Castro was so open that the neighbors took it for a double bluff , and each new discovery of an agent transmitting messages from some ordinary-looking English suburb increased the tension of their interest in the land mine who was surely bound one day to go off in their own street . |
| 11 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 12 | you know they take them for a little visit so they get used to the school before they go , which is a good idea , I mean we were just thrown in |
| 13 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 14 | He chortled as Herr Nordern shuddered , and laughed again as the waitress , a stout fifty year old , brought the beer and refused his offer to take her for a sensuous holiday in Siberia . |
| 15 | ‘ Then what happens is , we take him for a little ride out to the Crumbles . ’ |
| 16 | Take it for a little drive . |
| 17 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
| 18 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |