Example sentences of "[conj] take [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
2 | And I think you 've got ta address my doubts because if I have doubts how am I going to stand in front of members and say hang on a minute , I can give you all of these answers , I can tell you what unison 's going to be like and this is what 's been decided , now come back to me and give me your fears , give me your doubts and I 'll go and take them on to represent you . |
3 | He made eight consecutive pars , missing putts of 6ft and 4ft for birdies at the second and sixth respectively , before a bogey at the ninth gave him an outward half of 37 and took him back to level par overall . |
4 | Mina piled up the plates and took them outside to wash , and the dog rummaged round the floor in search of bones . |
5 | Today , only the altar candlesticks had been forgotten ( it was Elaine Dodswell and Trish Pardoe 's week and they could at least be relied upon ) so Anna gathered them up and took them home to polish . |
6 | He carefully put me in his pocket and took me home to show to his wife . |
7 | With heaving stomach , Kelly had gone to the kitchen , tipped the burnt remains of her cat into a plastic bag and took it downstairs to bury it in the garden . |
8 | She clicked it and took it away to reveal the red drop of blood that the tiny lancet 's pin prick had produced . |
9 | When she was younger and thoroughly impatient with her mother she had sometimes entertained a fantasy that Constance would kidnap her and take her away to live with the gipsies : now she felt that she might not have liked it as much as she thought . |
10 | I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident . |
11 | like little sugar bits and they pick it up and take it back to nest |
12 | Instead he 'd fill his aluminium container and take it back to boil on his small gas cooker . |