Example sentences of "[vb past] take [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 2 | I promised to see that Constanza would get to Brussels on time , and he promised to take me behind the scenes of the art world . |
| 3 | He 'd taken her to a pub — The Crumpled Horn — before walking to the park . |
| 4 | They 'd taken her from the police cells after two days . |
| 5 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 6 | In two long strides , Guy abandoned his leaning position by the fireplace and came to take her by the shoulders , shaking her roughly . |
| 7 | Eventually a man from the tower arrived , and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft . |
| 8 | Even to him it was now barely imaginable , and other eagles he mentioned it to seemed to take it as a lie and untruth , and were angry at him for trying to delude them . |
| 9 | The ancient servitor , who drove with a slack rein and a sublime disregard of the pot-holes , seemed to take it as a personal affront that Miss Kyte had kept him waiting for more than two hours . |
| 10 | She leant in and stooped to take her under the arms ; like a peach tree blighted by leafcurl , Sycorax lay tinder-dry in a narrow crescent , her body hardly filling the hammock 's web . |
| 11 | As part of the improved conditions Bilal 's partner started taking us through the kitchen once or twice a week to sit with them and get a bit of sun . |
| 12 | So you 've got the right idea of dividing it by eight , but you needed to take it on a stage and see what the was . |
| 13 | The others decided to take it as a signal , and along with Paul and Agnes jumped out of their armchairs and hurried to their cars . |
| 14 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 15 | The whore went to take them from the child . |
| 16 | And he went to take her by the arm , for he feared that she might fall — only for an even worse horror to grip Sally-Anne , so that she pushed him violently away , quite unable to control herself , stammering , ‘ No — no … ’ |
| 17 | After mass a lay brother offered to take us on a tour of the church and other interesting sights of the abbey . |
| 18 | The primary entry was a compositional definition , but two of seven further entries did take me to the deep mantle . |
| 19 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 20 | Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group . |
| 21 | She expected to take them through the process several times , demonstrating the skills and strategies involved , and gradually increasing the amount which they were able to tackle independently , before they could manage by themselves . |
| 22 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 23 | But a nice undertaker with a very smart 1950S hearse agreed to take them to the next town . |
| 24 | If people had taken me as a sincere , genuine man who was worried , I think we could have avoided all that has happened . |
| 25 | Jean-Claude had taken me along a lane that struck out towards a château it fell short of reaching . |
| 26 | I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London . |
| 27 | We always said that someone at the office called Jenkins had taken me to the local wine bar after work and we 'd run into some old girlfriend of his and Gillian who knew this girl vaguely was with her and we sort of got on immediately and made another date . |
| 28 | Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool . |
| 29 | Anyway , Mrs Aggie had been very sorry she had struck her and she had taken her into the town and bought her a real new bonnet , although she would allow her to wear it only on a Sunday . |
| 30 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |