Example sentences of "[coord] take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laughter filled the room , it filled the shop , it even penetrated the wall into the tobacconist 's shop and made Arthur Conway wonder if the three old girls next door had gone barmy or taken to the bottle early in the day , for it was said that they took wine with their dinner . |
| 2 | A man climbs into a machine and takes to the air and crosses the English Channel . |
| 3 | They took to each new form of transport enthusiastically , motoring across Europe and the States in the twenties and taking to the air in the thirties . |
| 4 | Flying was thrilling and romantic and taking to the air was for women of spirit while those who stayed on the ground had feet of clay . |
| 5 | A few sprouted wings and took to the air , without bothering to become birds first . |
| 6 | I joined the feathered legions and took to the air . |
| 7 | Er took it up the field and took to the school then we got at it and it and bath full of feathers . |
| 8 | In November 1983 , for example , Michael Hickey pulled on five jumpers , five pairs of trousers , four pairs of socks , several bin liners and a blanket , too a sheet on which he had written ‘ We are innocent ’ and took to the roof of Gartree maximum security prison . |
| 9 | Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . |
| 10 | In the Wintertime they had a boat they called the Redloch and she went to Stramness and took sillocks from Stramness and took to the gut factory here in the Wintertime . |
| 11 | Chief Supt Terry Tasker stressed there was no crowd fighting , adding : ‘ Some Leeds supporters bought tickets for other parts of the ground and they were flushed out and taken to the enclosure set aside for them . ’ |
| 12 | Chief Supt Terry Tasker stressed there was no crowd fighting , adding : ‘ Some Leeds supporters bought tickets for other parts of the ground and they were flushed out and taken to the enclosure set aside for them . ’ |
| 13 | They were put in canvas sacks and taken to the church in Godstowe for burial . |
| 14 | Adequate resuscitation facilities must be provided and taken to the patient ; in particular this applies to defibrillation . |
| 15 | Food must be bagged and boxed , and taken to the patient , for nothing nutritious will be otherwise provided . |
| 16 | Anna had also been arrested in her nightclothes and taken to the station . |
| 17 | In the last days , with the Red Army approaching , groups of Budapest Jews had been rounded up , more or less at random , and taken to the embankment of the Danube where they were shot . |
| 18 | I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it . |
| 19 | These are collected weekly , and taken to the Council 's recycling plant . |
| 20 | The Land-Rover had seen better days , and once we had left the village street and taken to the track — it was little more — that wound up from the village towards the moorland , conversation was difficult . |
| 21 | I assumed there would be a massive outcry , they 'd ban the record and I 'd be arrested and taken to the Tower or something … ’ |
| 22 | She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema . |
| 23 | The child is woken every hour and taken to the lavatory . |
| 24 | Well the the money 's collected by a firm and taken to the bank . |
| 25 | And by the time Cornelius had left the playground and taken to the street , his feet were up and the cigarettes were out . |
| 26 | ‘ A great crowd assembled , ’ runs the report in The Sexual Life of Our Time , ’ from the midst of which the unfortunate couple were removed in a closed carriage , and taken to the hospital , and not until chloroform had been administered to the girl did the spasm pass off and free the man . ’ |
| 27 | High winds and high drama off the west coast put the lasers and the darts to the test … sailing craft that is … designed by a boat firm in Banbury … and taken to the limit in their very own National Championships . |
| 28 | At Heathrow he was met by son Karl , and taken to the family home in Ashford , Kent . |
| 29 | Now Liz and husband Morris are to sell their Sierra and take to the road in the sparkling new Citroen . |
| 30 | ( v ) Transfer the uterus to the disinfectant in the screw-capped container and take to the vicinity of the foster mother . |