Example sentences of "take i [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Later Susan takes me on one side . |
2 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
3 | ‘ Oh , this should take me about another fortnight . ’ |
4 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
5 | ‘ You 'd better take me to this Wyrmberg of yours , had n't you ? ’ |
6 | It was a journey that would also take me from one extreme of the Ford range , the £46,600 Jaguar V12 saloon , to the other — £6,855 of Fiesta 1.1L . |
7 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
8 | He was always taking me to one side , telling me what I should and should n't do . |
9 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
10 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
11 | Before they left , she took me to one side . |
12 | The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’ |
13 | They took me to Lochleven Castle , and put me in a room like a prison . |
14 | She goes on slowly and naively : ‘ I 'm really glad , in a way , that you took me to that place . |
15 | I wanted to lash out at them : Vern did n't help me , I do n't need anyone to help me — he took me to this boat alone at night and we … |
16 | Ma took me to another barber 's in Stockbridge . |
17 | And she actually took me on this war work . |
18 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
19 | Then he took me in both hands and pushed my legs into the top of the bone . |
20 | They took me in this bungalow |
21 | That way you can tell yourself you took me from another man . ’ |
22 | It took me by complete surprise . |
23 | Oh , Brian took me round that corner , right , slowed down too much |
24 | he took me round that corner for three times today . |
25 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
26 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
27 | ‘ Well , Wales has its Max Boyces , Tom Jones , Shirley Basseys and Shakin' Stevens , but there are n't many singers who actually sing about the country , and the funny thing is that it 's taken me about thirty years to start writing about where I was brought up . |
28 | Every word of speech , song and prayer was in English , a great change from the services to which an Irish friend had taken me in 1960s Brighton . |
29 | You take me for some kind of fool , do you ? |
30 | You take me for some kind of arsehole ! |