Example sentences of "took [pron] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time I went to Bristol , she took me out for tea on her own , or with a girlfriend . |
| 2 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
| 3 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 4 | After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio . |
| 5 | Another survivor , who was brought up in Leith , where she went to Bell 's School , owed her introduction to printing to a neighbour " a Miss Taylor " , who told her widowed mother that young Jenny would be " just suited " to the printing trade , and herself took her up for interview . |
| 6 | He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings . |