Example sentences of "taken [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 2 | We had taken them with the aforementioned pinch of salt . |
| 3 | That would have taken them past the vital February sailing time along what Whitehall claims is an organised escape route . |
| 4 | He 's taken them from the old Fourth to the top three in the First Division . |
| 5 | We always said that someone at the office called Jenkins had taken me to the local wine bar after work and we 'd run into some old girlfriend of his and Gillian who knew this girl vaguely was with her and we sort of got on immediately and made another date . |
| 6 | His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family . |
| 7 | When Ricky began taking Jenny out she was surprised to learn that Minton paid him money and had taken him to the Caribbean . |
| 8 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 9 | Someone had eventually taken her through the bustling , towering giant world of the shop to where her mother waited . |
| 10 | We had delivered it but they had n't taken it from the gate house to you know , normal procedure but they , we delivered it normally but they had n't taken it to the exact part of the hospital it was going to . |
| 11 | So Alfred had laced his own brandy and taken it to the little hut which had youthful associations , there to kill himself in a manner that was almost ceremonial . |
| 12 | ‘ The Mirror has taken it from the limited audience it has had right out into the open . |
| 13 | Having a baby would have taken us off the front pages , making us safe and dull again . |