Example sentences of "took [pers pn] to the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took me to the BBC Studios in Shepherd 's Bush and I was introduced to the lady producer , who was charming . |
| 2 | AFTER the strange events which took me to the West African desert , I needed a spell at sea . |
| 3 | It was the day you took me to the Beatles . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 . |
| 5 | He took me to the Paris Zoo . |
| 6 | Ledwith and Crothers were described as window cleaners , and it was alleged that while one of them was inside a telephone box and the other was outside , P. C.s Roberts and Pearce arrested them and took them to the Bridewell . |
| 7 | The first of two holidays they spent together was on a cruise ship , the SS Romantica which took them to the Greek Islands . |
| 8 | Members of the Colchester Colne Round Table Club collected the party of eight-to-12-year-olds from the Greenstead estate by minibus and took them to the Wilson Marriage Centre in Barrack Street . |
| 9 | In 1894 he was awarded a London county council scholarship with distinctions , which took him to the Kenmont Gardens Science School ( 1894–7 ) and in 1896 he was awarded an evening exhibition to the Regent Street Polytechnic . |
| 10 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 11 | I took him to the St Petersburg library , let him show me pictures of the uniforms . |
| 12 | I took him to the Savoy Hotel . |
| 13 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 14 | I took him to the Spar shop ! |
| 15 | They took her to the Palais des Papes in Avignon where , on a warm evening , they saw a floodlit trench production of Macbeth , the Théâtre Nationale Populaire , with Jean Vilar , drawn and romantic , more damned troubadour than Scots butcher , and Maria Casares , whitely elegant and frenzied , washing blood from her hands whilst angelic trumpets shrilled from high battlements . |
| 16 | PC Hudson arrested the weeping girl straightaway , and took her to the Reading workhouse . |
| 17 | For reaction to the new car , we took it to the MG Car Club 's headquarters on the site of the old factory in Abingdon . |
| 18 | They took it to the Gallows Hill , Cumnock , intending to hang it from the gibbet but the Earl of Dumfries intervened and stopped them as he feared rioting by the people of the district . |
| 19 | Ambulance came — took us to the London Hospital — only just along the road … . |
| 20 | After lunch two mini-buses took us to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra and the Dublin deaf were overcome by the beauty of our countryside . |
| 21 | A quick left turn in the direction of America took us to the Longships lighthouse , followed by a turn back towards England and St Just airfield . |