Example sentences of "took [pers pn] to the [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | After a shaky start , we took them to the cleaners . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Their strength is team work and a club-like atmosphere that took them to the finals in Spain and Mexico in the 1980s . |
| 10 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 11 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 12 | He took her to the greenhouses . |
| 13 | Her half-sister took her to the police . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You ca n't , you took it to the cleaners on Saturday … |
| 16 | They took us to the cleaners . |
| 17 | He took us to the pictures sometimes and we shared his intimate refuge from Mum . |
| 18 | They took us to the police station and then to a battered women 's house at about 2 a.m . |
| 19 | This first ‘ phase ’ of the trip took us to the caves of Mulu National Park and Gunung Mulu mountain . |