Example sentences of "taken [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 2 | We had taken them with the aforementioned pinch of salt . |
| 3 | That would have taken them past the vital February sailing time along what Whitehall claims is an organised escape route . |
| 4 | He had never taken me to an Anglican church , he never read the Bible . |
| 5 | We always said that someone at the office called Jenkins had taken me to the local wine bar after work and we 'd run into some old girlfriend of his and Gillian who knew this girl vaguely was with her and we sort of got on immediately and made another date . |
| 6 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ . |
| 9 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 10 | Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’ |
| 11 | He had taken her to a modest hotel in Albemarle Street , and booked in there as Mr and Mrs Arkwright . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone had taken it to a French jeweller after the war and tried to sell it . |
| 13 | The car has broken down and my two mates have taken it to a local garage to get it fixed . ’ |
| 14 | We had delivered it but they had n't taken it from the gate house to you know , normal procedure but they , we delivered it normally but they had n't taken it to the exact part of the hospital it was going to . |
| 15 | So Alfred had laced his own brandy and taken it to the little hut which had youthful associations , there to kill himself in a manner that was almost ceremonial . |
| 16 | Surely she had taken it as an ill omen ? |
| 17 | Rose was the second generation in it , and she had taken it from a back street operation to a small , high class chain . |
| 18 | ‘ The Mirror has taken it from the limited audience it has had right out into the open . |
| 19 | Having a baby would have taken us off the front pages , making us safe and dull again . |