Example sentences of "take [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We pause again and swap passenger so that Nathan takes Tony round the edge of the peak into a long and narrow , and steep valley . |
| 2 | One Saturday evening she takes Howard by the arm and leads him away from the crowd round the pool and the bar , out of everyone 's earshot . |
| 3 | Perhaps she should take Magnus to the heath , or the canal , then she abandoned the idea , it would be too much effort . |
| 4 | ‘ If it 's such a good idea , why did n't you take Patrick to the Foundling ? ’ |
| 5 | Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates . |
| 6 | If the two men are to win through , Taylor must take England to the World Cup Finals next year and Major must show his determination to lead the Tories to the next election . |
| 7 | GRAHAM TAYLOR now not only believes he will take England to the World Cup finals but that the draw against Brazil shows what might be possible when they get there . |
| 8 | ‘ Dominic — why do n't you take Lee to the pub again , then come and see me later ? ’ |
| 9 | Chen wanted to reach out and take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death , but first he had to get hold of the copy and get out with it . |
| 10 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 11 | Charlie is gon na take James to the master . |
| 12 | This refusal is much more of a " classic " polite refusal : it is not immediate ( being offset instead by laughter , which also marks it as " non-serious " ) and is immediately followed by an excuse ( " I 'm gon na take Natasha over the park " ) , which could also be seen as a bid to be treated as doing something equivalently onerous : looking after a child instead of washing up . |
| 13 | We took Ben to the vet and he was given a course of antibiotics , which seemed to do the trick . |
| 14 | Taking Bienvida by the hand , he drew her inside . |
| 15 | The Doctor took Rosheen by the hand . |
| 16 | After work Jed took Mitch to the hotel for a drink . |
| 17 | He took Kelly by the arm to where a man in dark robes was in earnest conversation with a girl in a skimpy black T-shirt with ‘ BIMBO POWER ’ scrawled in white across her chest . |
| 18 | She took Kelly by the arm ; terrified , Kelly allowed herself to be led away like a little girl . |
| 19 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 20 | Pearce took Cardiff by the sleeve . |
| 21 | There was nothing decently to be done and so with disproportionate reluctance Flavia took Andrée to the tower . |
| 22 | Apart from the expense of taking Alison to the cinema , Nigel 's evening out was all he could have hoped for . |
| 23 | The captain took Corbett by the sleeve , led him over to them and tapped one of the players on the shoulder . |
| 24 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 25 | just fancy taking Penny in the west park for a while , I do n't |
| 26 | Casting an unreadable look at Isabel , the boy obeyed , taking Ellen by the arm and urging her away from the church . |
| 27 | Theda took Hector to the kitchen and left him with Mrs Elswick to do what he might in the way of cajolery , for she had several morsels of interest to his ever ready stomach , and Theda was obviously not going to take him outside . |
| 28 | And if she took Johnny into the cottage , might this in some way break the spell and spoil the magic ? |
| 29 | She took Léonie into the kitchen , where Rose and Baptiste waited . |
| 30 | The bullet took Richmann in the shoulder , shocking the shotgun from his grip . |