Example sentences of "[pron] take [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Do I take it now to mean that that means parents who have not been baptised ? |
2 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
3 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
4 | cos I took them off to peel some potatoes |
5 | Well I sa , I mean I took her on to look after her and I did n't think there would any problem |
6 | I took it off to paint the doll . |
7 | I am not inferring from what I see that there is a sheep in the field ; I take myself simply to see that there is one . |
8 | In those days Garth was a merchant banker , and she took him home to meet her parents , who thought he was wonderful . |
9 | She took me up to see her room , which she had to herself until she was joined by another-middle aged woman without children . |
10 | and I do n't know whether she took me down to see him to see if I 'd backed down |
11 | One shoe seemed to be wetter than the other and the strap was working loose , so , leaning against the ledge of the shop window , she took it off to have a look at it . |
12 | This old fella had died and she took us there to choose what we wanted which was horrible . |
13 | This was a disaster , as by then he could barely play and he was retrieved from Naples by a Russian family , who took him home to die . |
14 | we take them out to read again , the heart thudding |
15 | His mother had made him take me out to see the sights and he was bored and resentful . |
16 | Listen , I 'm going to tell you this and you can believe it or not : Uncle Mosse had been dead about a week when they took me in to identify him . |
17 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
18 | They take it back to nest to like feed the others so that kills them off . |
19 | Well they take it in to set it up |
20 | It takes me longer to stitch them up than to knit them and , strange as it may seem , I like turning the heels . |
21 | I wonder how long it takes them now to cut the roads . |
22 | You might wish to counter that because it takes you longer to go a smaller distance . |
23 | He takes it away to read in private . |
24 | He took her through to show her the four-roomed suite that was his private living space within Liston Hall . |
25 | When he came out he took me off to water his vegetables . |
26 | He took us up to see the students , and the very first ones I saw were Sonia Lawson , already a highly gifted artist , daughter of my friends Fred and Muriel in Redmire ; and one of my best students from Corsham , the vivacious , beautiful and witty Helen Dear , the shining light of my so-called ‘ duds ’ . |
27 | And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry . |
28 | It took me forever to find the maturity to say to myself how bad it was . ’ |
29 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |
30 | It took him longer to get there after the performance but he was away from all the problems of the rest of the company . |