Example sentences of "take [pron] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 2 | He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's like a man takes you out for a meal and he 's thinking , ‘ I let her have an horsd'oeuvre , so I can definitely ask her to wear the handcuffs later on . ' ’ |
| 4 | The wind takes him away like a curtain snatch on a bad act . |
| 5 | The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " . |
| 6 | That 's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse , so they could take them over on a barrow . |
| 7 | If the hon. Gentleman can give examples of IFAs who have failed to give good independent advice , he should refer them to me , or direct to the regulatory body , which will take them up as a matter of urgency . |
| 8 | ah , well better take them back after a while then |
| 9 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 10 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll take you through in a minute , I 'm just cleaning my shoes . |
| 12 | ‘ All you have to do is drop your opposition to my development plans and I 'll take you in as a partner , ’ Sugden urged as he mopped the orange-coloured dribbles off his chin . |
| 13 | ‘ How about letting me take you out for a pub lunch ? |
| 14 | David and I were wondering if we could take you out for a spot of lunch . |
| 15 | ‘ The devil will take him away in a sack . ’ |
| 16 | Cleared with the security guards at the desk he went into the lift that would take him down to a depth below the level of the Thames . |
| 17 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 18 | And I said oh that 's right , he said and I , I 'd come up and see her the first we 'll either take her out for a drink afterwards , I thought that does n't seemed to mix in one glass , and I going to a pub because she 's , but there you are , and she so 's erm , can I bet you 'll stay a bit , she said oh , I think December is your like it to be , well obviously it 's getting him settled you must n't over , she must off pushed him and then he 's said erm , I , I 've told mum and dad that if they want to go as well , they can go . |
| 19 | He wo n't take her out for a meal . |
| 20 | Bu bu bu but would you take it just as a suggestion or would you take it as a |
| 21 | Ooh I number again , I 'll take it out in a minute . |
| 22 | Marks and Spencers would n't take anyone on as a supplier unless you could produce at least two hundred dozen a week on one site . |
| 23 | Two — ’ a finger joined the thumb ‘ — I know another way through the keep that will take us out to a side-gate which , if we 're lucky , wo n't be guarded … |
| 24 | ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’ |
| 25 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 26 | They bark and jump around excitedly , becoming particularly frenetic if you stop somewhere else , rather than taking them immediately for a walk . |
| 27 | It is also at least arguable that these sections of the UCTA prevent the seller from imposing an obligation on the buyer to permit the seller to exercise the options of alteration of the goods or taking them back for a refund , because such actions by the seller would be in breach of his warranty of quiet possession . |
| 28 | And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this . |
| 29 | It even seems to be capable of converting the fonts across by rasterising them and taking them across as a bitmap that the film recorder will image as a graphic . |
| 30 | He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . |