Example sentences of "and take [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna Quinn 's animation ‘ Girl 's night Out ’ ( 1987 ) leaves hubby behind , and takes us out to ‘ a quiet night with the girls ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All smelly , and then he gets downs on you , and takes it out on you . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Gooch had a bowl , but it was an hour before the next casualty , Akram sparing Salim Malik in a misunderstanding over a third run and taking himself off on the sad trek back to the redbrick pavilion . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One of them proposed arresting him as he lay on his bed and taking him off to prison with all the bedclothes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | ‘ I was aiming for a Mediterranean feel , ’ she explained , filling a plastic mug with orange juice and taking it over to Thomas . |
| 17 | I was upset and taking it out on you . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He hopped close to my feet and waited till I presented him with a bun all to himself , and he had hard work nibbling it and taking it along with him to his home . |
| 20 | I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window . |
| 21 | I told my boyfriend who was horrorstruck and took myself off to a lesbian students ' conference . |
| 22 | Fallon still had a bit of work to do , even then , but he had already bumped off Perrins and Hannaford with one uncompromising run and this time his strength buried the rest of the Gloucester defence and took him over for a try in the corner . |
| 23 | This news came within a week , as he had been picked up on Myitkyina airfield , unable to walk , and a lone plane came down and took him over to Dibrugarh , where he had to stay in hospital for over a week . |
| 24 | Mr Jarvis grinned and , as she picked up the squirrel and took him over to the recovery cage , he followed and stood watching as she settled her patient down . |
| 25 | Haverford got up early , sat in the garden jotting away until , as often as not , Don Marco arrived in a small rattling car and took him off on an unknown errand . |
| 26 | One boy , Dai Knoyle , was caddying for the great rugby player Barry John and took him back to his house to change . |
| 27 | The trawler took him in tow and took him back to Falmouth , Cornwall , where he was arrested by police , Truro Crown Court was told . |
| 28 | I went to see him , and took him back to Edinburgh . |
| 29 | I am the girl that kidnapped little Oliver and took him back to old Fagin 's house on the night Oliver was going to the bookseller . ’ |
| 30 | Mr Davies put his friend in his car and took him back to his flat in Highfield Road and called for an ambulance . |