Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Poor old Dicey Riley , she has taken to the sup , |
| 2 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 3 | You get one caution an and er I thought the limit was two you get t two cautions and you get took to the court . |
| 4 | Burton had a small part , did it competently , met Richard Leech , a young Irish doctor , who had taken to the boards . |
| 5 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 6 | We had to take our own meals at all times , even when we had cups of tea we had to take to the station our own tea , sugar and milk , but there was always a large kettle during the winter months on a coal fire , and during the summer months on a gas ring . |
| 7 | It is a roundabout route we have to take to the mountain , avoiding the horseshoe of high peaks that arc out from it . |
| 8 | Then yet more came and brought with them great Stones which one day they started to take to the very centre place of Callanish itself . |
| 9 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 10 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 11 | Seeing me , it had taken to the air , clumsily at first , then with Increasing speed as its great wings beat it downriver to Rash . |
| 12 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |
| 13 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |
| 14 | He would never , if he had taken to the high seas in past centuries , have been caught napping by a mutiny . |
| 15 | Asked why he had taken to the streets just hours before polling , he said : ‘ I had other things to do , as you may imagine . ’ |
| 16 | Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm . |