Example sentences of "[conj] take [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.7 , a point of some significance in the context of this essay , and one to which I shall return later ) , or take them to the Temple for the ritual redemption of the first-born ( idem ) ; they were exempt from making the thrice-yearly pilgrimage to Jerusalem at the feasts of Passover , Pentecost and Tabernacles ( Hag . |
| 2 | I mean the main thing is people can borrow on the true price of the house and then they can have an 80 or 90 per cent mortgage and when they come to pay the mortgage they have the £500 subsidy for twelve months or take them into the next twelve months . |
| 3 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 4 | If you have no secretary to fend off telephone calls turn the telephone off or take it off the hook while you are conducting the interview . |
| 5 | I think you can ask the council to take it away or something or take it to the dump |
| 6 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 7 | I would like to suggest that all activities that take us outside the practical business of living ( sacred worship , carnivals , listening to music and reading a novel , etc. , etc. ) can be seen as either subsumed under play or as extensions of it . |
| 8 | We are challenged to recognise , first , that power is involved in non-decision-making , in inaction , and in non-participation , and , second , that interests are advantaged and disadvantaged by the fact that certain issues are not on the governmental agenda for complicated reasons that take us behind the scenes of the public face of policy-making and into the murky waters of the constraining role of ideas in society . |
| 9 | Fred was a kind , considerate man , uncomplicated and loving in his way , but she regretted that he had never been able really to arouse her fully and take her to the height of passion . |
| 10 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 11 | And then later on the script she ha to say he had to say to her well , call her , you leave her and if she does n't come to you that 's not your dog and take her to the pound and have her put down . |
| 12 | I stride over and take her by the shoulders in the same way I held Darius . |
| 13 | ‘ You can let me join Brownies and take me to the Pack Meetings at Botley every week , ’ she stated emphatically . |
| 14 | ‘ So you 'll do as I ask , and take me to the auction in Liverpool next week ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll tape them , ’ Elinor said , ‘ and take them to the church hall . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The idea is , if you get them all swimming — without Mr Foggerty and me , that is … if you take the job on , and take them to the baths several times a week — if you teach them to swim , we 'll give you a motor-bike . ’ |
| 17 | So if you have young children you might be able to make some garments and take them to the Play Group — if the leader will let you ! |
| 18 | She would put all the light clothes into one bag and all the dark into another and take them to the launderette in Pevsner Road . |
| 19 | ‘ The case of the customer who simply removes goods from the shelves is of course different because the basis on which a supermarket is run is that customers certainly have the consent of the owner to take goods from the shelves and take them to the checkout point there to pay the proper price for them . |
| 20 | I used to wash at night , and get them all dry , get up in the night , iron them , and take them to the pawn shop . |
| 21 | Adam wants me to collect some things that he forgot , and take them to the hospital . ’ |
| 22 | I remember Stromness dry for I was I used to drive a car then I used to pick up folk and take them to the Pomona and take them back again . |
| 23 | Langbaurgh Council 's refuse collection service will pick up sacks full of plastic carriers and take them to the British Visqueen factory in Stockton for recycling . |
| 24 | And take them round the factory ? |
| 25 | If he 's sick , I treat him , and take him to the vet if he 's real bad . |
| 26 | He had pleaded with his mother not to make him go to school , but she had insisted , saying that she would pick him up at the end of the day and take him to the hospital , and that he was to ‘ keep busy ’ . |
| 27 | But I think I 'll know how to dig him out and take him in the later rounds . ’ |
| 28 | and then give him a game and take his mind off it , and take him in the kitchen give him |
| 29 | If he woke up , I 'd feed him and take him around the block until he dropped off again . ’ |
| 30 | We 'll give you a room here , do some tests on you over the weekend and take you to the theatre on Tuesday . ’ |