Example sentences of "taken [pers pn] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taken them for a holiday ? ’ |
| 3 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 4 | Jean-Claude had taken me along a lane that struck out towards a château it fell short of reaching . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've already taken me on a tour of Rome . |
| 6 | I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London . |
| 7 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 8 | She had just taken him to a psychiatrist who among many searching questions had asked the five-year-old : ‘ If your sister is a girl , what is your brother ? ’ |
| 9 | Another hour had taken him to a five-mile strip of dual carriageway cut through downland . |
| 10 | As he was mental , I mean would you have taken him to a hospital or the station ? |
| 11 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 12 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 13 | The law of Docherty 's life has taken him on a rollercoaster through football management . |
| 14 | He 'd taken her to a pub — The Crumpled Horn — before walking to the park . |
| 15 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 16 | To make his point , he had taken her for a burger , nothing more , and defied her to come on too strong about it . |
| 17 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 18 | Yes , in Vienna , a lady , I will not say her name but assure you that any conversation I had with poor little Mrs Crump was most decidedly not on this subject and not about this lady — she has clearly clutched at a reference and taken it for a confidence — in Vienna , this lady of , I may admit it , royal connection , formed an attachment for me which was not reciprocated but proved most difficult to disengage . |
| 19 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 20 | He had carried the gold on his back in many journeys , and had taken it to a cave on the north-east corner of the island , two months before the Hispaniola arrived . |
| 21 | She had done better than that and taken it to a jeweller to be plated and put into a mount so it could hang on her chain . |
| 22 | More important , although most Marxist thinkers have taken it as a model , it provides no reliable guide to future social transformations . |
| 23 | ‘ Heather seems to have taken it as a confirmation of her belief in the significance of the Tyrrell Society . ’ |
| 24 | I would have taken it like a boy . |
| 25 | Beth had invoked the help of God or Jesus Christ and I had taken it like a lamb . |
| 26 | You 've never taken us on a ride on your motorbike this year . |