Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I took him for dead ,
2 He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite .
3 So I took her through that holiday in greater detail .
4 I took her outside this morning and she is the typical scaredy cat she is !
5 He said to Rain : ‘ She left them behind when I took her to Nice .
6 I took her on six years ago and she finished up managing our design workshop .
7 I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again .
8 I took you through old London 's streets ,
9 I took you over many a sea ,
10 I took it on full time , ’ she said .
11 So , before I left London , I took it to one of the maids at Richmond Palace , and do you know what she said ? ’
12 I took it to this kid at
13 I took it by popular demand , ’ said Kelly .
14 She took them with such sweetness , and grace , with such a look of affectionate gratitude and pleasure , that Gabriel felt like the Wise Man who presented frankincense to the Virgin Mary .
15 Somehow , and from somewhere , a beautiful young woman appeared — this was no imagined vision — and she took them to some hot springs where they all ended up naked .
16 She took them in unsteady hands stained with grave marks , and peered with suspicion at the manufacturer 's name .
17 Beth was convinced that Matthew would run away if she took him from this house , then what would become of him ?
18 Before they left , she took me to one side .
19 she took it on six year , he says seven to eighty so she looks like working for next six year
20 Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance .
21 She took it in both hands .
22 Well you took them off that did n't you ?
23 She goes on slowly and naively : ‘ I 'm really glad , in a way , that you took me to that place .
24 That way you can tell yourself you took me from another man . ’
25 No it , we took it to this bloke and I do n't know what he 's done with it because it played before we took it and when he , he said it were n't worth doing and when we brought it back it wo n't even roll now even play now will it ?
26 We took it for forensic tests . ’
27 They took him to that private clinic , the one in the hills .
28 they always seemed backward , they found that they took them to different specialist and the truth is , they 've both left school now and got jobs , but they were er , dyslexia
29 They took me to Lochleven Castle , and put me in a room like a prison .
30 They took me in this bungalow
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