Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] take [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Mother Francis and Miss Pine from the dress shop would take her on an outing to Dublin , but she had never stayed away a night . |
| 2 | My husband would take me to a cinema . |
| 3 | This process can take anything from a few weeks to a few months . |
| 4 | Alice may enter a looking-glass world where unexpected things happen , but she is still constituted like a human being : walking may take her in an unexpected direction , but the nature of the physical act of walking is taken for granted . |
| 5 | Although it would be possible to pursue the question of history in terms of such analyses of the forms of historicity , such an enquiry would take us on a very different path from that prompted by our original question , namely if poststructuralism can apparently be faulted by reference to a history which it neglects , where in Marxism can this history be found ? |
| 6 | Colin Jelf knew victory would take him within a whisker of becoming British champion . |
| 7 | Students may enter complex calculations from sources such as passed examination papers and the computer will take them through a solution step by step . |
| 8 | Stand under his tree acting crazy and the squirrel will take you for a nut . |
| 9 | Another place within easy reach is Culloden Moor ; the railway will take you within a few miles . |
| 10 | Early on Saturday morning Dad would take me in a tram down to Granton Square , and there Uncle Bill would be waiting . |
| 11 | ‘ My master will take it as a sign , a beacon to lead him the way you wish . ’ |