Example sentences of "and take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man climbs into a machine and takes to the air and crosses the English Channel . |
| 2 | They took to each new form of transport enthusiastically , motoring across Europe and the States in the twenties and taking to the air in the thirties . |
| 3 | Flying was thrilling and romantic and taking to the air was for women of spirit while those who stayed on the ground had feet of clay . |
| 4 | A few sprouted wings and took to the air , without bothering to become birds first . |
| 5 | I joined the feathered legions and took to the air . |
| 6 | Er took it up the field and took to the school then we got at it and it and bath full of feathers . |
| 7 | In November 1983 , for example , Michael Hickey pulled on five jumpers , five pairs of trousers , four pairs of socks , several bin liners and a blanket , too a sheet on which he had written ‘ We are innocent ’ and took to the roof of Gartree maximum security prison . |
| 8 | Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . |
| 9 | In the Wintertime they had a boat they called the Redloch and she went to Stramness and took sillocks from Stramness and took to the gut factory here in the Wintertime . |
| 10 | Chief Supt Terry Tasker stressed there was no crowd fighting , adding : ‘ Some Leeds supporters bought tickets for other parts of the ground and they were flushed out and taken to the enclosure set aside for them . ’ |
| 11 | Chief Supt Terry Tasker stressed there was no crowd fighting , adding : ‘ Some Leeds supporters bought tickets for other parts of the ground and they were flushed out and taken to the enclosure set aside for them . ’ |
| 12 | They were put in canvas sacks and taken to the church in Godstowe for burial . |
| 13 | Adequate resuscitation facilities must be provided and taken to the patient ; in particular this applies to defibrillation . |
| 14 | Food must be bagged and boxed , and taken to the patient , for nothing nutritious will be otherwise provided . |
| 15 | Anna had also been arrested in her nightclothes and taken to the station . |
| 16 | In the last days , with the Red Army approaching , groups of Budapest Jews had been rounded up , more or less at random , and taken to the embankment of the Danube where they were shot . |
| 17 | I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it . |
| 18 | These are collected weekly , and taken to the Council 's recycling plant . |
| 19 | The Land-Rover had seen better days , and once we had left the village street and taken to the track — it was little more — that wound up from the village towards the moorland , conversation was difficult . |
| 20 | I assumed there would be a massive outcry , they 'd ban the record and I 'd be arrested and taken to the Tower or something … ’ |
| 21 | She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema . |
| 22 | The child is woken every hour and taken to the lavatory . |
| 23 | Well the the money 's collected by a firm and taken to the bank . |
| 24 | And by the time Cornelius had left the playground and taken to the street , his feet were up and the cigarettes were out . |
| 25 | ‘ A great crowd assembled , ’ runs the report in The Sexual Life of Our Time , ’ from the midst of which the unfortunate couple were removed in a closed carriage , and taken to the hospital , and not until chloroform had been administered to the girl did the spasm pass off and free the man . ’ |
| 26 | High winds and high drama off the west coast put the lasers and the darts to the test … sailing craft that is … designed by a boat firm in Banbury … and taken to the limit in their very own National Championships . |
| 27 | At Heathrow he was met by son Karl , and taken to the family home in Ashford , Kent . |
| 28 | Now Liz and husband Morris are to sell their Sierra and take to the road in the sparkling new Citroen . |
| 29 | ( v ) Transfer the uterus to the disinfectant in the screw-capped container and take to the vicinity of the foster mother . |
| 30 | For this , you don a neoprene suit , boots , flippers and life-jacket and take to the water in a specially adapted inflated lorry inner tube . |