Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Charles takes his Harriet off to view ‘ fine houses ’ as an appropriate pastime for the newly wed . |
| 2 | ‘ The girls would take their dresses off to tiptoe through that awful mire and then , coming back put them on again . |
| 3 | Show me any homebuilder who ca n't say the same thing about his project , but the finish-it-in-thirty-days-using-only-domestic-handtools ! brochures never tell you that , nor that it may take you weeks just to create the right kind of workplace in which to build your masterpiece . |
| 4 | Minnie had written to her about how terrible it had been , how Captain Cook had brought his wife up to see a specialist who had examined her and said at once there was nothing to be done , there was no operation possible , and he must take his wife home to die . |
| 5 | you do n't even take your bra off to do P E or whatever ! |
| 6 | I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help . |
| 7 | One afternoon in March when a north-westerly was sending catspaws across the estuary , Harry and Sam took their wives down to see what progress had been made . |
| 8 | Phoebe dealt with Maggie 's immediate needs and took her trousers off to soak in the bathroom . |
| 9 | A new Day Centre has opened in Stranraer , and Valerie took her team along to demonstrate Medau and help with an open class for the patients . |
| 10 | This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside . |
| 11 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 12 | Young winger Kenyon took his chance well to beat Hunte at the corner for Warrington 's opening try and hooker Duane Mann made the Saints defence look foolish with a cunning kick through the ruck for Jackson to pounce . |
| 13 | They came and took his father away to help with this horse . |
| 14 | He took his pulse again to calm himself ( it had gone up to sixty-five ) and then began to concentrate hard on gathering up the bits of himself . |
| 15 | The CBI also expressed satisfaction that the Chancellor had taken its advice not to raise business taxes this year . |
| 16 | Williams was asked why he had not taken his squad back to recover the weapons . |
| 17 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 18 | Telling me to take my earring out to have my passport photos done . |
| 19 | These points should be should be looked into but as I say I take my hat off to infer at least having been loyalty to defend the inquest . |
| 20 | And , you take your glasses off to do your eyebrows and |