Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [prep] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
| 2 | His spare time took him to many of Yorkshire 's fixtures . |
| 3 | While much of the journeying was in Britain and Ireland , his half-dozen ventures abroad took him across much of continental Europe . |
| 4 | He did not volunteer any further suggestions but took her to one of the few French restaurants he knew in Soho , where hopefully she would not be reminded of the man she loved . |
| 5 | Damian took her to one of the balcony restaurants , and they shared a dozen fresh oysters on the shell in the cool sunlight . |
| 6 | So , before I left London , I took it to one of the maids at Richmond Palace , and do you know what she said ? ’ |
| 7 | This talk/slide show took us to many of the stations forming part of the former Cambrian system . |
| 8 | A speedy journey in the boats took us to one of the 365 islands in Lough Erne . |
| 9 | It was during these anxious weeks of searching that Halim , our grave-robbing friend , took us to another of his Ming-porcelain burial-grounds , located several hours from Makassar and about half an hour 's march from the nearest hamlet . |