Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My decision early on to build site-specific works in steel took me out of the traditional studio . |
| 2 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 3 | They took me out with the wounded . |
| 4 | Eduardo took me out to a nearby restaurant on the Tuesday evening , saying he was too lazy to cook and that he does not often nowadays have any or many chances to take women out ( ! ) , so in return on the Wednesday I got food to make up the rest of a meal using two wild ducks had generously given me to roast , and we had the second one cold on the Thursday after my second meeting . |
| 5 | He put me on a stretcher , had me carried about half a mile across fields to an ambulance , which in turn took me down to the local advanced dressing station . |
| 6 | The Men came for me where I huddled in the marram grass and they took me back to the low cage . |
| 7 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 8 | The young clerk , Buckingham , now dressed more festively , the funerals being over , took them up to the first floor , then up more stairs to the second storey of the house . |
| 9 | And so Mister Johnny took them up through the dark yew trees , carrying the goose and holding Nick 's hand . |
| 10 | ABERDEEN flirted with disaster at Kilbowie last night before two goals in the final 15 minutes from Scott Booth took them through to a Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibs at Tynecastle on 3 April . |
| 11 | So Tom took them along past the new Pump House , the old Turkeycock School and down Main Street to the ancient Sand Gate . |
| 12 | The steward took them down beyond the Great Hall into a vast , stone-flagged kitchen . |
| 13 | Their path took them down beyond the Technical College and the School of Art building , where Buddie and two of his sisters posed as living models for the students . |
| 14 | When they boarded the glittering red , gold and green floating restaurant , the maître d ’ took them down to the fresh fish display in the base . |
| 15 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 16 | The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance . |
| 17 | Needing an outlet for her gathering frustration , she collected the bulbs she had bought in Norwich earlier in the week and took them out into the little garden . |
| 18 | And we flew from er that was from London , we flew from the Croydon Airport in London , and er we , you went down to er an , a small office near Victoria Station in these days and er you w we , you put your luggage in there and then they took you out on a special bus to Croydon . |
| 19 | Burney took him over to the grey slab in the middle of the room . |
| 20 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 21 | They struggled up the steps , through the entrance hall , rested in the main hall , then took him up to the first floor . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I took him out for a boozy lunch , and in the end he admitted he 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 24 | Otago made a brave challenge , led by Mike Brewer in his first appearance since a series of injuries took him out of the All Black tour of Australia . |
| 25 | Another series of lunges took him out of the central current and somehow he managed to regain his feet . |
| 26 | It held together with the engine , the rest of the fuselage separating which took him out of the major part of the fire . |
| 27 | He seemed to remember something about her , something which took him back into a happy past , before decision made his life difficult . |
| 28 | Haverford got up early , sat in the garden jotting away until , as often as not , Don Marco arrived in a small rattling car and took him off on an unknown errand . |
| 29 | Peskova took her up to the top room — the big room beneath the eaves- and locked her in as he had been told to . |
| 30 | Ace took her on to a small but discreet restaurant where the food was delicious , but she found she did n't have much appetite . |