Example sentences of "[prep] taking [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could name at least three of my friends who would have been prompt to offer this undeniably attractive young man a doss down on the sofa , and one of them who would have already been thinking of taking him upstairs for the night … |
| 2 | Alexi Sayle says it will be a chance to ride your bike properly instead of taking it down to the chinese takeaway … |
| 3 | Instead of taking it out to the back and throwing it in the bin . |
| 4 | He arrived at his drive , discussed the second shot , decided on a club and then , before taking it out of the bag , held out his hands in front of his caddie and said : ‘ Look , not a tremor . ’ |
| 5 | The traditional trap fitted to basins was the ‘ U'-bend which was created by bending lead pipe coming out of the plug hole into a U shape before taking it out through the wall . |
| 6 | There was no advantage in taking them back to the barn where they 'd been born , as when we found them they were too young ever to have been out of it , so would n't have known their way around . |
| 7 | By the third morning , however , I was so weak and the pain so unbearable that they had little difficulty in taking me up to the theatre and performing the necessary operation . |
| 8 | Oh he 's terrible there , he even had them he had young girls working for him up there , and they found out they were paying he was paying them too little and then he got caught up with 'em , and erm what he done after he charged for taking them up there in the morning and charged 'em for taking them down in the evening with a Land Rover . |
| 9 | her new neighbour from next door came out to give us a hand he was off taking it back in the house again ! |
| 10 | The pages lie out flat on the desk when the cords are extended , so that it is possible to write the pages without taking them out of the binders . |
| 11 | A rebore and pistons would appear to be the answer The engine can be rebored without taking it out of the vehicle A detailed internal inspection of the engine would confirm this . |
| 12 | That might have attracted more women and young readers — but by taking them partly from the Mirror . |
| 13 | Stanley 's family helped initially by taking him out to the pub , but he was worse on his return . |