Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After some tricky aid above the pegs , a section of typically marvellous free climbing , on pockets and depressions with target features reasonably near at hand , took me to the edge of the abyss — a blank wall with a piece of tat weaving , taunting , 40 feet above . |
| 2 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |
| 3 | She says : ‘ My husband John took me to the hairdresser yesterday . |
| 4 | He took me to the BBC Studios in Shepherd 's Bush and I was introduced to the lady producer , who was charming . |
| 5 | When in May , six months later , he came to Paris and took me to the Tour d'Argent for lunch , he passed me an envelope . |
| 6 | AFTER the strange events which took me to the West African desert , I needed a spell at sea . |
| 7 | He took me to the farmer , who soon realized that I was not an animal , but an intelligent being . |
| 8 | It was the day you took me to the Beatles . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 . |
| 10 | Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission . |
| 11 | Hoo-Woo took me to the door where I first came in . |
| 12 | She said , come along hold my hand as well and er , I 'll tell my son tha that , that er Mr 's son took me to the door . |
| 13 | Towsie ( nickname for one of the foreign miners ) came and sat down beside me while the smoke cleared a bit , and then took me to the trench , which was full of red embers , roasting the rock as when you roast eggs in the ashes . |
| 14 | In the morning she took me to the station , with my luggage including the cot , put me on the train , and said ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 15 | My sister and me are very close , so this woman gave me a giro to go to my sister 's — they took me to the station and put me on the train . |
| 16 | ‘ He took me to the dance , it 's true , ’ said Hyacinth , her temper showing , ‘ but I ditched the ginger swine as soon as I possibly could . ’ |
| 17 | I understood exam stress thanks to you — my daughter took me to the exams to help keep me calm . |
| 18 | So very reluctantly they took me to the home of a local merchant whose wife 's health had been the reason for their not taking anyone so far . |
| 19 | Flupper took me to the shore and I ran to Lollo . |
| 20 | He took me to the Paris Zoo . |
| 21 | By the time I was fourteen I could n't wait to get away from that place and my mother took me to the hiring fair in the marketplace in Bishop Auckland . |
| 22 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |
| 23 | I could not keep food or fluids down and when the symptoms did not go after a couple of days they took me to the hospital and put me on a drip . ’ |
| 24 | They took me to the hospital , and then took me back home . |
| 25 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
| 26 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
| 27 | On one hand , Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie took me to the pictures on Saturday nights to see Tom Mix and Buck Jones . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He took me to the pictures . ’ |
| 30 | The next time they took me to the room , a man and a woman were waiting . |