Example sentences of "[verb] take [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , Martin Coleman from High Wycombe has taken me to task for not including a power on/off switch in the circuit of Fig. 4 ( April ‘ 92 ) . |
| 2 | McGuigan 's passion for driving has taken him from circuit racing to rally cross , in which he achieved 12th place in the British Championships last year . |
| 3 | His work has taken him by car to all parts of this wide and pictorially exciting area , and I suspect that lie has carried a notebook with him and jotted down impressions of darkening moors and sunset skies on his way home to Long Preston . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , intending hopper Andy Hutchings , from York , has taken us to task for defining his other passion ‘ gricing ’ as train spotting . |
| 5 | When the coup in Yugoslavia in spring 1941 interfered with Hitler 's plans for an attack on the Soviet Union ( Britain 's last potential Continental ally ) and a deterioration in mood set in owing to the threatening extension of the war to the Balkans , SD soundings of opinion again registered ‘ with what childlike trust the most ordinary people in particular look up to the Führer and our leadership of state ’ , convinced that ‘ the Führer has taken it into account and will deal properly with it ’ . ’ |
| 6 | Although we have a joint account , he is the one who has taken it into overdraft and I do n't see why I should do as he suggests . |
| 7 | He has taken it in response to the pressure and fight put up by the ‘ homelands Chief Ministers ’ — Buthelezi and Co . |
| 8 | What she would do if he tried to take her to bed . |
| 9 | Now , belatedly , they tried to take them by force , an exercise in which they failed despite the loss of tens of thousands of irreplaceable soldiers . |
| 10 | ‘ You want to take me to Plenty ? ’ |
| 11 | On one occasion when the poor chap was a few minutes late , it was , ‘ He 's only ever on time when he wants to take me to church . ’ |
| 12 | UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE CAPPING , THEY 'VE COME TO TAKE YOU INTO CARE ! |
| 13 | ‘ I 've come to take you to dinner , ’ he announced calmly . |
| 14 | In parting we arranged to meet again , next time in London , and I promised to take her to dinner at her favourite restaurant , the Trocadero on Shaftesbury Avenue , just a stone 's throw from Piccadilly Circus . |
| 15 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 16 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 17 | He 'd taken her to dinner at The Black Dog and through him she 'd spent Christmas at Laura 's . |
| 18 | Matters were further complicated when MI5 decided to take it in hand . |
| 19 | She felt the lie was unconvincing , but he seemed to take it at face value . |
| 20 | that 'll be too much , he says take you to court , try to harass me |
| 21 | Minutes later as neighbours rallied round to help the nursing home worker an ambulance arrived to take her to hospital . |
| 22 | There must be plenty of clubs who 'd like to take him on loan ‘ til the end of the season … probably even in the Premiership ( Swindon ; - ) ) . |
| 23 | I 'd like to take it on holiday but how do I pack it without ruining the pleats ? |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd like to take you to bed now , but I know it 's out of the question after all I 've said . |
| 25 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 26 | Where have you got to take him to school ? |
| 27 | If the police were sufficiently confident of their case against Sykes , surely they would not hesitate to take him into custody ? |
| 28 | I 'm going to take them to court and sue them |
| 29 | Well he does n't know where I live at the but it came up in court that he was going to take me to court for access , making it out as though it was my fault that he had n't seen Ricky , I was stopping him from seeing Ricky when it 's his own fault . |
| 30 | It we he phoned at it was , it was five to six , Jim was going to take me to aerobics because of the weather |