Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 2 | Noone knew what had happened cos noone expected a free kick in the first place let alone expected them to take it like that . |
| 3 | Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document , after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson . |
| 4 | When the crowds had left after the second home match , Chapman met the helpers in the stand and asked them to take him on trust , asserting that the changes were in the club 's interest . |
| 5 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 6 | And she was so terrified she let him take me to — he said — the women 's hospital . |
| 7 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 8 | 'she begged me to take her with me in the end . |
| 9 | I 'd dragged her into the storeroom and begged her to take me to London , saying my family would n't allow me to go without her . |
| 10 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 11 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 12 | I made him take me by giving myself to him like a slave . |
| 13 | When Nigel was at home , Gina usually made him take them to the Launderette in a black dust bag . |
| 14 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 15 | The ambassador dithered so Benjamin stormed out , grasped a frightened servant and made him take us to where Clinton was sitting with the Lady Francesca in a small bower built against the chateau wall . |
| 16 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 17 | Anyway , I thought you took it on yourself to see to everything in the house over there ? |
| 18 | And then she quite confounded me by doing exactly what I advised , and I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded . |
| 19 | It was n't the sort of long-term depression that had settled on him when his wife persuaded him to take her on holiday to Marbella . |
| 20 | did you take them with you ? |
| 21 | ‘ What did you take them for ? ’ said Philip . |
| 22 | Did she take it with her when she went to the rubbish skip or dash to a stationer 's and buy it ? |
| 23 | What did they take her for ? |
| 24 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
| 25 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 26 | How long did it take you for to come round ? |
| 27 | How long did it take you from Italy |
| 28 | ‘ Did he take her to London ? ’ |
| 29 | Did he take her for a fool ? |
| 30 | Did he take it with you on it as well ? |