Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were always taking him in hand , hoping to reform him , to make him conform to their own self-centred ideal of what he should be . |
| 2 | Peter was somehow taking her into his arms , hissing something in Marc 's face , but she could n't tell what . |
| 3 | He was always taking me to one side , telling me what I should and should n't do . |
| 4 | She was now taking it to Peking . |
| 5 | Dane was either unaware of her stunned reaction , or else was simply taking it for granted , she thought irritably . |
| 6 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 7 | Anger did n't suit her friendly snub face , making her seem out of place in that aloofly cut suit and he realised he was mentally taking it off her . |