Example sentences of "my [noun sg] took me " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos in Belgium . |
| 2 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
| 3 | Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . |
| 4 | My search took me further from base with each load . |
| 5 | PAMELA : [ interrupting ] Aye , but on a Thursday was your poor Pamela baptised , on a Thursday my lady took me from my parents into her protection . |
| 6 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
| 7 | My lad took me blackberryin' a month or two back , up above the quarry , and I seen'em . ’ |
| 8 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
| 9 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 10 | My father took me to the Soviet Union when I was very small . |
| 11 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 12 | ‘ My 'Arold took me up there once , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I understood exam stress thanks to you — my daughter took me to the exams to help keep me calm . |
| 14 | My quest took me swiftly to the premises of John F. Renshaw & Company , giants among British nut people , and purveyors of nuts to royalty . |
| 15 | My predecessor took me carefully aside to explain that this device was part of a plot by the Director of Education either to drive him from his place or to impose comprehensives on the whole campus . |
| 16 | My dad took me to watch Newcastle when I was about 10 but I could n't see because of all the people standing in front of me . |
| 17 | Somewhere or other is a place my dad took me once , where there are tall stone buildings huddled above a blue sea , donkeys , and guys in grey suits with open white shirts and faces that look like their owners have had time to consider every move they make . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was 14 when my dad took me across from Liverpool . |
| 19 | He had been moved to lighter work three years earlier : ‘ my Master took me from the farm work to do the House Boys work — cleaning the Boots seeing to the wood and coals and sweeping up the back yard and the paths and looking after the poultry . ’ |
| 20 | My godfather took me to dinner here and we played poker afterwards with a few of the members . |
| 21 | A month later my mother took me to task : |
| 22 | ‘ When my father died my mother took me on a trip to Spain and I was bowled over by the El Grecos . |
| 23 | By the time I was fourteen I could n't wait to get away from that place and my mother took me to the hiring fair in the marketplace in Bishop Auckland . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you know , Ranulf , ’ Corbett continued , wiping his mouth on a napkin , ‘ when I was a boy , my mother took me to hear a famous preacher . |
| 25 | My mother took me to a paediatrician on the East Side of town , once or twice a year . |
| 26 | My mother took me there occasionally , and we used to pass the window every Sunday after mass . |