Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understood exam stress thanks to you — my daughter took me to the exams to help keep me calm . |
| 2 | On one hand , Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie took me to the pictures on Saturday nights to see Tom Mix and Buck Jones . |
| 3 | From the very first time you took me to the pictures , you started to change me , shape me in your own image , make me like you . |
| 4 | He took me to the pictures . ’ |
| 5 | On Tuesdays , Dad took me to the children 's cinema , on Wednesdays , Pop took me to Sally Carmichael 's dancing class , and on Saturdays my Nan would take me to the variety show at the Sheffield Empire . |
| 6 | She took me into the nurses ' changing-room . |
| 7 | He took me through the stages a beginner would complete in preparation for a skiing holiday . |
| 8 | My senses took me through the bars that confined me . |
| 9 | As I landed , four of the men came towards me and took me by the arms . |
| 10 | Then in the early morning , just before dawn , they took them into the woods and shot them . |
| 11 | In the morning , just before it was light , they took them into the woods and shot them . |
| 12 | He says charity shops should be allowed to sell second hand toys as they 've always done and the legislation which took them off the shelves was wrongly framed and should be scrapped . |
| 13 | Once assimilated , these devices and motifs gave the students a feeling of having mastered something , but when Dodie Masterman took over Minton 's illustration class and took them through the basics , she found many of them very inept . |
| 14 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 15 | After a shaky start , we took them to the cleaners . |
| 16 | Two seasons ago , they beat Sparta Prague 2-0 in Czechoslovakia , then drew 0-0 in Napoli on a European Cup run which took them to the semi-finals . |
| 17 | Their strength is team work and a club-like atmosphere that took them to the finals in Spain and Mexico in the 1980s . |
| 18 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 19 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 20 | I remember once I took you by the shoulders and said , ‘ Listen , love , I 'm talking to you about your mother . ’ |
| 21 | The perplexed driver took him to a police station — which then contacted Steve . |
| 22 | they took him to a police station where they miraculously found 15g of cannabis . |
| 23 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 24 | I took him through the events of the day and in particular Graham Fearnley 's unpleasant tale of how Martinez had fixed the Curtis/Marsh contracts . |
| 25 | His Mum took him by the shoulders and turned him to face her . |
| 26 | She took him by the hands and said eagerly , ‘ Don — we could live here — it is right for us — would you like that , Don ? ’ |
| 27 | He took her to the greenhouses . |
| 28 | Her half-sister took her to the police . |
| 29 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 30 | It was entirely our responsibility and that evening to well past midnight Leon and I took her through the changes until she was satisfied that she knew the policy thoroughly . |