Example sentences of "[noun] took [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Christine , 37 , insisted on going home for a snack before an ambulance took her to Royal Hallamshire hospital . |
| 2 | A mile 's drive south in the car took us to all that remains of Clare 's beloved heath land . |
| 3 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 4 | A 49 after a safety exchange took him to 4–4 , but Hendry reeled off three successive breaks of the highest quality to put daylight between them . |
| 5 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 6 | Blair 's job took him to troutless Humberside , but after two years , good fortune posted him back to Aberdeenshire . |
| 7 | Four victories and two second places took her to 140 points before the Christmas break , almost 100 ahead of the next best , Switzerland 's Chantal Bournissen . |
| 8 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
| 9 | A speedy journey in the boats took us to one of the 365 islands in Lough Erne . |
| 10 | Damian took her to one of the balcony restaurants , and they shared a dozen fresh oysters on the shell in the cool sunlight . |
| 11 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 12 | In the years that followed , his career took him to many different locations and a wide variety of posts within our Department . |
| 13 | Do you expect me to send food and wine to the men whose forefathers took mine to wretched imprisonment in Genoa ? |
| 14 | Ma took me to another barber 's in Stockbridge . |
| 15 | His second success took him to 1,000 points as an All Black , his record including non-Test matches . |
| 16 | His second success took him to 1,000 points as an All Black , his record including non-Test matches . |
| 17 | His first major title — the Strachan Professional — received little publicity , but his 38-minute four-frame coup de grace on Parrott to wrap up a 9–3 win took him to fifth in the rankings and made anything seem possible . |
| 18 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 19 | This talk/slide show took us to many of the stations forming part of the former Cambrian system . |
| 20 | But I erm I was born in West Norwood , nes , wo West Norwood but where John Major took you to last night on his tour |
| 21 | Mr Christopher 's trip took him to six Arab countries , Jordan , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait and Lebanon , and Israel . |
| 22 | The Champ , who retired six years , was an institution and his extraordinary finishing burst took him to 20 track records . |
| 23 | A penalty and a conversion took him to 403 , still within sight of John Liley 's record of 439 with three weeks of the season left . |
| 24 | His spare time took him to many of Yorkshire 's fixtures . |