Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They took me to Lochleven Castle , and put me in a room like a prison . |
2 | It took me by complete surprise . |
3 | At first Alistair took them for other screenplay writers and wedged himself behind the door , at the back of the queue . |
4 | they always seemed backward , they found that they took them to different specialist and the truth is , they 've both left school now and got jobs , but they were er , dyslexia |
5 | Wycliffe decided on a walk and his walk took him along Green Bank and down the High Street , where crumbling houses and shops were being rejuvenated or demolished , into the main street . |
6 | Scots-born ( in Elgin ) , educated at Aberdeen University , qualifying as a CA , then joining Alcan Aluminium , he realised his experience and qualifications were ‘ quite narrow ’ and so headed off to Manchester Business School and an MBA which then took him into international consultancy with McKinsey . |
7 | It was just that he had strange ideas which took him into bad company . |
8 | Allison turned Book into a League star at the age of 30 when he took him from non-League Bath City to Plymouth Argyle . |
9 | Do you expect me to send food and wine to the men whose forefathers took mine to wretched imprisonment in Genoa ? |
10 | They all took it for white wine and discovered their mistake . |
11 | She passed the snapshot to Juliet , who took it with feigned interest . |
12 | Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance . |
13 | I took it on full time , ’ she said . |
14 | I do n't mind if he asks you , he says look I 'm just gon na go over stores , he took it off fucking site , did n't even know that 's where he was going ! |
15 | ‘ I took it by popular demand , ’ said Kelly . |
16 | Abruptness was her most familiar mode , and Liz sometimes fancied that she practised it with peculiar pleasure on Charles , whenever she got the chance : and Charles , accustomed to being listened to with reverence , took it in good part . |
17 | Felix , who always thought of himself as a bit of a lad and an all-round popular fellow , took it in good part . |
18 | Turning north took us between Godrevy Point and Godrevy Island . |