Example sentences of "would take [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Luther would wait until dark , when the rest of the family had vacated the kitchen , then would take everything from the larder , spreading it on the table , spilling it on the floor , and generally inflicting mayhem on a hitherto spotless environment . |
2 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
3 | The three of us would chat about anything and everything for a while then Alan would take him into the surgery so that they could be private . ’ |
4 | When he was ready , the wind would take him off the beach . |
5 | Only thing was his Mum would take him to the opticians again . |
6 | Boy was like that , he was hoping that somebody would take him to the place where everybody else was . |
7 | Failing that , perhaps Webb 's would take him to the Castle Inn in Wood Street , if he spoke to them nicely ? |
8 | He would take him to the Gates that evening and get him talking . |
9 | Either Mr Putt settle his long-standing and substantial account , or the tailor would take him to the debtor 's court . |
10 | This rocket was , this Scott said that that would take him to the moon . |
11 | ‘ From there , ferry and all , to the place where he was ambushed , would take him at the most half an hour . |
12 | Kānchho , Kalchu 's younger brother , and Śa kar would take him in the morning , and Kānchho would stay there with him — if that was how it had to be . |
13 | Less than a year later he was embarked on a career which would take him from the industrial grime of Taibach into films and on to the West End with hardly a pause for breath . |
14 | In the late evenings his mother would take him by the hand for walks , and would play the concertina to him when they got home . |
15 | It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office . |
16 | Some would take them to the top half of the dale , and the others the bottom half . |
17 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
18 | They were standing on the jetty with a score of chattering women , waiting for the launch that would take them to the depot ship Omega . |
19 | They could n't have been so very far behind them — in fact they should have passed them unless — unless Silas had decided to turn along the road that would take them to the bush walk . |
20 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
21 | A couple of wins would take them to the edge of the promotion race . |
22 | Occasionally I would take her into the lounge and Mum would have to keep back and hold a handkerchief over her nose and mouth so that she could n't smell the feathers . |
23 | As she walked up Tullis Street , Templeton 's came into view , and she headed for the entrance that would take her to the offices where she d been told to report . |
24 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
25 | When she was older he would take her to the theatre , he had promised ; but not at present . |
26 | He said to her , Dr Wyn said to Elizabeth , that he would take her to the Fair . |
27 | Walking up three steps , she was soon in the foyer of the block of apartments she 'd set out to find , and pressing the button in the lift which would take her to the top floor . |
28 | Exploring that path would take her to the edge of a precipice over which she did not wish to step . |
29 | Smiling a little ruefully at her own foolishness , she walked down the lane , guessing rightly that it would take her to the back of the cottage . |
30 | This was a Monday night and the early show of a week 's run in a tour which would take her round the Eastern States , and hopefully into New York for the spring of 1913 , that is if audiences took to her in this first week . |