Example sentences of "[noun sg] took 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 | It had its own inquiry desk , and a girl took me to Lennis at once . |
| 4 | The young lady took me through the untidy garden to the house . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Every Friday the teacher took me to my father 's room . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ On Wednesdays Pop took me to Sally Carmicheal 's Dancing Class … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’ |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The following day took me over more stark hills and across empty plains and plateaux . |
| 14 | He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors . |
| 15 | I was arrested for riding a bicycle without a rear light ; I woke as an enraged policeman took me by the throat . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
| 19 | My father took me to the Soviet Union when I was very small . |
| 20 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos in Belgium . |
| 23 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
| 24 | Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . |
| 25 | My next tour took me through the outside gardens , of which there were quite a number , all of a very high standard . |
| 26 | ‘ The man took me into his confidence . |
| 27 | I understood exam stress thanks to you — my daughter took me to the exams to help keep me calm . |
| 28 | A maid took me into the sitting room , where a very pretty lady with dark hair was working at a typewriter . |
| 29 | The path took me under trees in full leaf and out across open fields where below me to the left the river Bain , the shortest river in England , flowed on its two-and-a-half-mile journey from Semer Water to the river Ure . |
| 30 | He had been moved to lighter work three years earlier : ‘ my Master took me from the farm work to do the House Boys work — cleaning the Boots seeing to the wood and coals and sweeping up the back yard and the paths and looking after the poultry . ’ |