Example sentences of "took [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 2 | It was late in the afternoon when we arrived , and Taylor took me for a drive through the town , which apart from the centre had been badly damaged . |
| 3 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 4 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 5 | Her owners , Greg , Ann and Ned Palmer , took me for a sail down the Orwell and out beyond Beach End buoy . |
| 6 | And then she quite confounded me by doing exactly what I advised , and I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded . |
| 7 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
| 8 | Eventually I protested so Father Prior took me for a walk in the meadows and said I was to prove my worth with one final task . ’ |
| 9 | He took them for a test drive and then Mrs Lomax drove , a little jerkily until she got more used to the Glory . |
| 10 | He took them for a stroll along the banks of the stream . |
| 11 | ‘ I took them for a ride in a van and a walk through Epping Forest . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
| 13 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 14 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 15 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When I first met you , I took you for a pleasure anorexic . ’ |
| 17 | Roland took him for a caricature and bristled vestigially with class irritation . |
| 18 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |
| 19 | And then , because she did n't want to be saying goodbye to him any sooner than she had to , she took him for a wander through the main part of the Hall to see how the preparations were going . |
| 20 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
| 21 | For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply . |
| 22 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 23 | Car joy : Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-tech van to disabled man who then took him for a spin . |
| 24 | That is why I took him for an agent . |
| 25 | We took him for an X-ray . |
| 26 | In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor . |
| 27 | But as her parents took her for a swim , she collapsed without warning and died . |
| 28 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 29 | But you 're , you 're getting a cup of tea to be we went up through took her for a walk |
| 30 | Annie came in at seven-thirty every weekday morning , bathed and fed the child and , weather permitting , took her for an outing in the large black perambulator . |