Example sentences of "and take [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , he collects up the tapes from the tape-recorder and takes them downstairs to Mrs Padmore . |
| 2 | But Chris Avery , of stockbrokers Smith New Court , said : ‘ It is a tangible , positive step forward and takes us well down the path of Al Yamamah two becoming a reality rather than a hope for bonanza . ’ |
| 3 | Joanna Quinn 's animation ‘ Girl 's night Out ’ ( 1987 ) leaves hubby behind , and takes us out to ‘ a quiet night with the girls ’ . |
| 4 | There is something free , reckless , vaguely counter-cultural about it ; it ignores the voice of prudence and takes us back to the days of our youth when we defied authority by taking it up . |
| 5 | The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " . |
| 6 | Jacob 's demand for a blessing is only what we would expect , and yet it prepares us for the turning point in the story , which follows immediately afterwards , and takes us back into the clearer air of the larger narrative . |
| 7 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 8 | All smelly , and then he gets downs on you , and takes it out on you . |
| 9 | And puts it into roast in the oven , and takes it out after fifty minutes and then you get Philadelphia cheese and white wine melt it down in the wine |
| 10 | N — New Option This avoids the use of further index pages and takes you directly to the Option prompt , so that you can enter the number of the option you require . |
| 11 | N — New Option This avoids the use of further index pages and takes you directly to the option prompt , so that you can enter the 3 digit number of the option you require . |
| 12 | But once you 've established yourself , made some money , you can come back and take her away with you . " |
| 13 | Her husband had to come and take her away from me , which was really quite fortunate . |
| 14 | In a dream , she saw him reach out and take her possessively by the elbow . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day . |
| 16 | Do n't over-react and take it out on your son or daughter before you know all the facts — or you could make a small problem bigger |
| 17 | Fabia was still wondering if she needed to add anything to that when , as a complete switch , and taking her totally off guard , Ven threw the abrupt question , ‘ Are you married ? ’ |
| 18 | I used to have Physics at half-nine and every now and then she 'd have an accident in the road so I 'd be running home , changing her and taking her back to nursery , which would mean I 'd be half an hour late . |
| 19 | Of course Alison was not ‘ living in ’ the house , but was often there visiting Patrick ( her help as a nurse was no longer required ) , joining Jack in his studio ( where she talked with him about his work ) , or chatting with him and Franca in the drawing room or kitchen before departing with Jack to a restaurant and taking him on to her flat for the night . |
| 20 | One of them proposed arresting him as he lay on his bed and taking him off to prison with all the bedclothes . |
| 21 | ‘ Fool ! ’ he uttered lovingly , kissing the fingers and taking them again within his own . |
| 22 | I became very interested in the trade union movement and my first appointment was as a collector in collecting the union dues and taking them up to the union office . |
| 23 | They are potentially very dangerous and what we are worried about is members of the public picking them up and taking them home as souvenirs . ’ |
| 24 | The road would be turning east soon , and taking them back to the main road so that they could turn south and walk back to the house . |
| 25 | It even seems to be capable of converting the fonts across by rasterising them and taking them across as a bitmap that the film recorder will image as a graphic . |
| 26 | Yeah , this guy comes home from work and his wife 's got the chair and she 's picking it up and taking it around like this |
| 27 | ‘ I was aiming for a Mediterranean feel , ’ she explained , filling a plastic mug with orange juice and taking it over to Thomas . |
| 28 | He recalled once buying a foal and taking it home on the bus ! |
| 29 | I was upset and taking it out on you . |
| 30 | Easing forward on the yoke , Vologsky tested the change of control , putting the Foxbat into a gentle dive and taking it down to just over 45,000 feet . |