Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best forgetting that and all the half bottles in the backs of cars but , you know , I never took to the drink in adult life . ’ |
| 2 | Not one returned , and the Shirley family was left to look after the squadron mascot Darkie , a little dog who usually took to the air as well . |
| 3 | TONY DALLIMORE TELLS YOU HOW TO TAKE TO THE WATER . |
| 4 | But the accident has n't put him off taking to the road himself . |
| 5 | ‘ You tell him , ’ is the refrain they often take to the local schools , in admission that authority and control has been exhausted at home . |
| 6 | They even took to the river . |
| 7 | First to go was a rather nervous Richard Crout with Jesse , a 1908 steam roller , belching out smoke he gingerly took to the roads . |
| 8 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |