Example sentences of "take me [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes . |
| 2 | That takes me up to Easter . |
| 3 | And then Paul takes me up to their house where I , usually about ten past eleven gives me time to get the pushchair put up again and |
| 4 | ‘ It is a question that takes me utterly by surprise as you obviously admire all this . |
| 5 | I find it very depressing because it takes me away from the constructive side of the business and into being a sort of financial PR and being defensive . |
| 6 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 7 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
| 8 | He does n't like to be seen with mum and dad , but when I 'm poorly and he takes me out in the wheelchair , he does n't mind who he meets and he says : ‘ Hi fellas , this is my mum . ’ |
| 9 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 10 | He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling . |
| 11 | Which takes me back to my opening images . |
| 12 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 13 | That takes me back to my nightmare . |
| 14 | Takes me back to Scampton . |
| 15 | But it 's not gon na take me longer at that time of the morning than it has done today at eleven o'clock or so is it ? |
| 16 | Holding her car door open , he added , ‘ Will you take me on as your pupil ? |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 18 | Do n't take me right to the party , drop me off at Sam 's . |
| 19 | I ask him if he 'll take me over to the Lennox 's in his car . |
| 20 | Once a Met Officer remarked cheerfully to me ( from the warmth and light of the office ) , that the rats were much more frightened of me than I was of them , but I noticed that he did n't take me up on my suggestion that he should come out with me and see for himself . |
| 21 | You do n't take me up on anything — you just repeat it in a different order . |
| 22 | That would take me up to seven in the evening , then I 'd break open a bottle of brandy and a bottle of port and mix them . ’ |
| 23 | Please do n't take me away from Arthur now — we have been so happy . ’ |
| 24 | I feel my present responsibilities are as much as I want to cope with and , from now on , promotion would take me away from teaching children . |
| 25 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |
| 27 | You can take me out with you when you go . ’ |
| 28 | You 'll take me out with you ? ’ |
| 29 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 30 | He said it would take me out of myself a bit . |