Example sentences of "take [pron] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nicest thing about my dad is that he often takes me along to work with him . |
| 2 | In the second-person sequences , he is addressed by the voice of his subconscious which , speaking in the future tense , takes him back to relive the moments of truth when he made the choices which were to determine what he later became . |
| 3 | And I think you 've got ta address my doubts because if I have doubts how am I going to stand in front of members and say hang on a minute , I can give you all of these answers , I can tell you what unison 's going to be like and this is what 's been decided , now come back to me and give me your fears , give me your doubts and I 'll go and take them on to represent you . |
| 4 | His mother had made him take me out to see the sights and he was bored and resentful . |
| 5 | I 'll forgive you if you find me a taxi that will take me back to pick up my baggage and get me to the airport on time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Better take him back to ask the questions , ’ the policeman said . |
| 7 | She took me up to see her room , which she had to herself until she was joined by another-middle aged woman without children . |
| 8 | Friends took me up to have a closer look at it , and I understand the pilot , who was an Australian , managed to bale out and came down safely somewhere near Balder Head . |
| 9 | and I do n't know whether she took me down to see him to see if I 'd backed down |
| 10 | When he came out he took me off to water his vegetables . |
| 11 | No. 4 Commando positions were being heavily mortared when I arrived , and Jock , my friend of many years ago , took me off to find some shelter in a dug-out , giving at least some protection from the flying shrapnel . |
| 12 | ‘ Your sister took me off to introduce me to everyone . ’ |
| 13 | Listen , I 'm going to tell you this and you can believe it or not : Uncle Mosse had been dead about a week when they took me in to identify him . |
| 14 | cos I took them off to peel some potatoes |
| 15 | That evening the Vice-Captain of Royal St. George 's took them out to survey the arrangements . |
| 16 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 17 | And Rosie took herself off to get dressed . |
| 18 | His fortunes had changed , however , when a man who had befriended her father , Joe Maitland , took him on to manage his warehouse in Dockhead . |
| 19 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 20 | He made eight consecutive pars , missing putts of 6ft and 4ft for birdies at the second and sixth respectively , before a bogey at the ninth gave him an outward half of 37 and took him back to level par overall . |
| 21 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 22 | He took her through to show her the four-roomed suite that was his private living space within Liston Hall . |
| 23 | She came to the house in response to a card Miss Matlock had placed in a local newsagent 's window and Miss Matlock took her on to replace a cleaning woman who had recently left . ’ |
| 24 | Well I sa , I mean I took her on to look after her and I did n't think there would any problem |
| 25 | Later , when Mrs Barnwell came , Sister Cooney took her in to see Richard . |
| 26 | if it brakes down there 's there 's taking it up to top sprocket so it comes off you see . |
| 27 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 28 | I took it off to paint the doll . |
| 29 | One shoe seemed to be wetter than the other and the strap was working loose , so , leaning against the ledge of the shop window , she took it off to have a look at it . |
| 30 | He took us up to see the students , and the very first ones I saw were Sonia Lawson , already a highly gifted artist , daughter of my friends Fred and Muriel in Redmire ; and one of my best students from Corsham , the vivacious , beautiful and witty Helen Dear , the shining light of my so-called ‘ duds ’ . |