Example sentences of "[noun sg] to take [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 2 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 3 | They waited in her suite at the Richemond for the hire car to take them to the airport . |
| 4 | ‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them . |
| 5 | ‘ And now — and again because of my wife 's insistence , because of her concern for your health — I have hired a conveyance to take you to the railway station at Skipton . ’ |
| 6 | A taxi service is always available at the Transport Interchange to take you to the University . |
| 7 | We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat . |
| 8 | She used Rosalind 's flashlight to take her across the kitchen 's frayed linoleum to the corridor . |
| 9 | The war was just over , and she was climbing aboard an RAF transport to take her to the demobilisation centre . |
| 10 | And then , after I 'd gone round to Tesco 's I went to see to collect grandma to take her to the train . |
| 11 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 12 | The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone but with a very efficient tram service to take you across the town . |
| 13 | I persuaded Chester to cash in his Trustees account after agreeing to pay five quid for the taxi to take him to the bank . |
| 14 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 15 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
| 16 | She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening . |
| 17 | It needs a new person to take it into the future , someone free of the old , deeply ingrained prejudices and affiliations . |
| 18 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 19 | At 11 p.m. , he made sure there was still plenty of tape left on the machine and departed , returning at 8 a.m. the following morning to take it across the street to Syrian George . |
| 20 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 21 | Good League results led even the club 's sternest critic to believe that in Vic Noodle we had found the man to take us into the Football League . |
| 22 | A broad rope ladder to take her above the mainmast to that platform — she would be able to see all Bristol . |
| 23 | And even if every star managed to lose enough mass to avoid collapse , what would happen if you added more mass to a white dwarf or neutron star to take it over the limit ? |
| 24 | Britten , by contrast , makes his Passacaglia the centrepiece of his drama , and uses the form to take us to the heart of Grimes 's tragedy . |
| 25 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ Maurin asked the taxi driver to take him to the museum yesterday . |
| 27 | After telling the driver to take them to the marina , he climbed in beside her . |
| 28 | She asked the driver to take her to the estate agent . |
| 29 | Main thing , get dad to take you to the library tomorrow cos your book 's past its date . |
| 30 | ‘ We only release bitches who have been spayed and if they are still only puppies we give the new owners a date to take them to the vet . ’ |