Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] take [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Some warrens are so extensive they can range over as much as 50 acres or take in a complete gravel working . |
2 | Lovat had gone , probably tied to a stretcher , placed on a jeep and taken at full speed to the First Aid post . |
3 | The Marquess was arrested at his flat in west London on Tuesday and taken to prison for failing to pay the maintenance arrears within the stipulated two weeks . |
4 | Many baby orangs are caught in the forests of Indonesia and taken by ship to Taiwan , where they are sold as pets , shop props and showbiz gimmicks — so many , in fact , that there is said to be a greater density of orangs in Taiwan 's capital city , Taipei , than in their own habitat . |
5 | The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation . |
6 | Previous convictions : several as a juvenile for theft and taking without consent : conditionally discharged on each occasion . |
7 | During the course of the story Tottle is arrested for theft and taken to a sponging-house , from which he is rescued by Parsons . |
8 | She worked for a while in a shop , then she began to have trouble with her eyes and took in work at home . |
9 | She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema . |
10 | If you wish to invite your Principal please apply for a complimentary ticket from the office should you do this please ensure that any V.I.P. you have invited is met , conducted to their seat and taken to tea and is generally made to feel welcome . |
11 | She hoped such a threat would put the fear of God in him , not least because he had a particular loathing for competition , and the idea that his own stepson might join forces with the opposition and take with him all manner of secrets was too much to stomach . |
12 | She had lost weight and taken to wearing just her underwear and a nightie . |
13 | The scrap was loaded into a narrow boat at the bottom of the incline and taken to North Kilworth for transshipment by rail . |
14 | It was not so long since that the fashionable had discarded their wigs and taken to cultivating natural heads . |
15 | She crouched down behind a row of freight cars and took in her surroundings : to her right a goods shed , to her left two sets of parallel track and a rusted freight car , its wheels barely visible through the tangled mass of overgrown weeds . |
16 | Some , mainly those of war time subjects and taken in the 30 's and 40's were given to the National Portrait Gallery , but the best were retained by the V. and A. |
17 | ‘ She was dragged into a car and taken to a house . |
18 | A woman aged about 35 was cut free from one car and taken to hospital with various injuries . |
19 | Peter Davies , the housing association 's chief executive , said all the families were evacuated by boat and taken to the Aberconwy Centre . |
20 | With the workman 's help she was lifted from the boat and taken into the palazzo . |
21 | Each day during filming , the supporting cast were picked up by limousines and taken to Shepperton Studios or Bovingdon RAF base in Hertfordshire . |
22 | A collection of early aviation postcards failed to find a buyer , but as compensation early space flight memorabilia such as the Union Flag carried by Al Warden and taken with him on Apollo 15 around the moon sold for an impressive £1,600 . |
23 | He was tied to the back of a horse and taken to Edinburgh , where he was tried , convicted and hanged . |
24 | You must get by the wind and take with you scented cakes made as follows : half lb of oat flower mixed with Treacle and slack baked . |
25 | Heat the liquid without the wool very slowly until lukewarm , then add the wool and take from 1–2 hours to reach simmering point from that stage , then simmer for 10 minutes . |
26 | The man , who was soaked in blood , was stretchered to a waiting ambulance and taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
27 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
28 | The best ad vice in order to guard against such a mismatch is to start out by piloting Compact in a small number of schools and to take in more schools only when the Partnership is satisfied that there are sufficient job opportunities available . |
29 | 223 ) that the visitor had failed to take into account relevant matters or taken into account irrelevant matters or had reached an irrational conclusion . |
30 | Saves leaving them in the car , probably only for about two hours , I do n't know if it 's better leaving at home or taking with me , there 's . |