Example sentences of "[noun] to take [pers pn] to the " in BNC.

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1 He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there !
2 Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf .
3 This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube .
4 They waited in her suite at the Richemond for the hire car to take them to the airport .
5 When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma .
6 ‘ And now — and again because of my wife 's insistence , because of her concern for your health — I have hired a conveyance to take you to the railway station at Skipton . ’
7 A taxi service is always available at the Transport Interchange to take you to the University .
8 The driver was given directions to take her to the doctor that Julius had contacted .
9 Surkov signed the bill for our teas , and it was time to board the coach to take us to the late-afternoon theatrical performance .
10 We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat .
11 The war was just over , and she was climbing aboard an RAF transport to take her to the demobilisation centre .
12 And then , after I 'd gone round to Tesco 's I went to see to collect grandma to take her to the train .
13 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’
14 Next time , get Vic to take you to the King 's Head Carvery .
15 Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade .
16 On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport .
17 I persuaded Chester to cash in his Trustees account after agreeing to pay five quid for the taxi to take him to the bank .
18 Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . )
19 And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport .
20 She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening .
21 It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands .
22 His job was to convince Amaldi to pack his bags because there was a ship waiting at Naples to take him to the United States .
23 Then catch the 79 Seatoller service from Keswick to take you to the southern end of Derwentwater .
24 He stalked off to find the airport bus to take them to the SNCF railway station at Roissy , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him as best he could .
25 Britten , by contrast , makes his Passacaglia the centrepiece of his drama , and uses the form to take us to the heart of Grimes 's tragedy .
26 She urged on the days until the chance o f their transfer away , she wrote waspy letters to her mother three times a week , and whenever possible she badgered her Yuri to take her to the shops at Pot'ma .
27 She would ask Jazz to take her to the cinema .
28 Onions are the link to take us to the nearby open market where we see these and other vegetables on display .
29 But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre .
30 He said : ‘ Maurin asked the taxi driver to take him to the museum yesterday .
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