Example sentences of "and take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally to be seen driving around in a funereal Daimler — dwarfing the island 's other cars ( including the BMW of Premier Sir John Swan ) — the Governor also dons his uniform and takes to the streets in a horse-drawn landau several times a year . |
| 2 | A man climbs into a machine and takes to the air and crosses the English Channel . |
| 3 | On this trip she hires a 12-gear , 48-foot long vehicle — twice the length of her own — and takes to the highways and interstates of southern California . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . |
| 7 | A few sprouted wings and took to the air , without bothering to become birds first . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 10 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 11 | I joined the feathered legions and took to the air . |
| 12 | Er took it up the field and took to the school then we got at it and it and bath full of feathers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Owen bellowed orders , and the bushes threshed as the Welsh circled their enemies and took to the thickest of the woodland on their way to the river valley . |
| 15 | She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Someone came to tell her that her twelve-year-old son Paul had been knocked down by a car on the way home from a friend 's house and taken to the local hospital . |
| 20 | Anna had also been arrested in her nightclothes and taken to the station . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Eventually the attaché case and the slip of paper were retrieved from Colonel Bowers and taken to the rear seat of one of the cars . |
| 23 | and the form of writ itself ( obtainable from law stationers ) should be completed and taken to the central office or to the district registry where judgment was entered , together with a sealed copy of the judgment and a fee of £6 . |
| 24 | 6.45PM I hear on the radio that business owners in nearby Koreatown , one of the areas hardest hit , have armed themselves and taken to the roofs . |
| 25 | 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 … ’ |
| 26 | The child is woken every hour and taken to the lavatory . |
| 27 | At Heathrow he was met by son Karl , and taken to the family home in Ashford , Kent . |
| 28 | He told the officer he would assault him to make sure he was arrested and taken to the cells . |
| 29 | Early one morning in 1974 Serfaty was arrested in his Rabat apartment and taken to the notorious Derb Moulay Cherif prison in Casablanca . |
| 30 | 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 . |