Example sentences of "[noun sg] take i [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
2 | His reply took me by surprise as he shook his head firmly and answered : ‘ No thank you , I 've had some today and Mummy rations me ! ’ |
3 | In the carriage taking me into town , I cried a little . |
4 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
5 | ‘ They 're well away from the places my work takes me to . |
6 | It had its own inquiry desk , and a girl took me to Lennis at once . |
7 | The young lady took me through the untidy garden to the house . |
8 | PAMELA : [ interrupting ] Aye , but on a Thursday was your poor Pamela baptised , on a Thursday my lady took me from my parents into her protection . |
9 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
10 | My lead takes me to the Butcher Building . |
11 | Every Friday the teacher took me to my father 's room . |
12 | On Tuesdays , Dad took me to the children 's cinema , on Wednesdays , Pop took me to Sally Carmichael 's dancing class , and on Saturdays my Nan would take me to the variety show at the Sheffield Empire . |
13 | ‘ On Wednesdays Pop took me to Sally Carmicheal 's Dancing Class … ’ |
14 | ‘ As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’ |
15 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
16 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
17 | I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take me to a very quiet part of the Galaxy , a long way from any planets with people on . |
18 | Mum takes me to the doctor , our village doctor , who weighs me and mumbles about taking dieting too far and makes me an appointment as an outpatient at the hospital . |
19 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
20 | The following day took me over more stark hills and across empty plains and plateaux . |
21 | He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors . |
22 | I was arrested for riding a bicycle without a rear light ; I woke as an enraged policeman took me by the throat . |
23 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
24 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
25 | My magical ride took me from lake to lake , from Lough Corrib to Lough Mask and then to a third lake that seemed smaller than the last two inland seas set among high mountains . |
26 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
27 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
28 | My father took me to the Soviet Union when I was very small . |
29 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
30 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |