Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 2 | So , when one of Ramon 's friends asked me to take a package to a friend of his in Berlin , I thought , well , I can make up that I have a job and cut my visit short because of it . |
| 3 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 4 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 5 | They asked me to take the children for a full medical . |
| 6 | In my opinion in Ex parte Agegate Ltd. , the fact that the residence requirement was applicable to British citizens and nationals of other member states alike was the main element in the reasoning which led me to take the view , unlike the court , that that requirement was compatible with Community law : see para. 57 . |
| 7 | We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish . |
| 8 | She saw me looking at her and thrusting the bag under my nose invited me to take a pinch . |
| 9 | At one point , a painted sign on the tarmac invited me to take a break . |
| 10 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 11 | ‘ Why do you think he let me take the firm over ? |
| 12 | Harvey looked doubtful , but he let me take the gun from him . |
| 13 | So now you 're imagining that he , whoever he is , popped this through the letterbox , waited till she had had time to read it , then rang the bell and invited her to take a stroll with him . |
| 14 | So Deborah returned along the DANGER path on Farmer Plant 's horse , which was a big one named Sultan and she enjoyed it enormously , especially as Farmer Plant let her take the reins when she told him she knew how to ride . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , the game was very close and as half time approached it took a piece of individual brilliance to put St Albans ahead . |
| 16 | But where this occurred it took the form of state control and the resulting technologies and forms of industrialisation differed little from their capitalist counterparts . |
| 17 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 18 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 19 | ‘ You told me to take the Riverton file down to the vault . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Jarman told thee to take a stroll I suppose , ’ Salt said sarcastically . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you to take the feet off , ’ said Patrick . |
| 22 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 23 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 24 | ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’ |
| 25 | This was taken direct to Queen Yolande who had summoned Alexander and told him to take the King 's favourite horse , a white mare stabled at Kinghorn , down to the ferry . |
| 26 | Her father 's death caused her to take a governess post in 1893 , but she studied part-time and obtained a London BA in 1897 , and then worked in teaching and governess posts until 1908 . |
| 27 | Aston Villa in 1912 , the player claimed damages for loss of employment , because the club had put ‘ too high ’ a transfer fee on him which prevented him taking an offer from another club . |
| 28 | Lord C told her to take a spot of leave before reporting for a short parachute course . |
| 29 | Robin Denny , prosecuting , said Cook told her to take the rest of her clothes off . |
| 30 | Instead he told her to take the helm . |