Example sentences of "taken [pers pn] [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 It was on a Friday night and I had packed my suitcases and taken them around to Rachel 's house so her dad could stack them on top of the car .
2 She did n't know where half the things went , but she tidied them up and put them in piles on the stairs so people could taken them up to their rooms when they went , and the kitchen looked nice and tidy .
3 They had visited the fifteenth-century pavilion , which had taken them back to the world of 1492 and immersed them in an era that led up to the discovery of America .
4 What had happened was that , having marched in straight lines over open flat ground for a while , their paths had taken them close to a pebble .
5 He had taken me on to smooth his path , and this I had done .
6 ‘ My grandfather could probably have taken you unerringly to the chapter and verse which said exactly that , ’ she averred .
7 ‘ If you had family or friends in Winchester , Guy would have taken you straight to them , ’ de Villiers answered , more at ease now .
8 What I 've done now is taken you through to the point where , we 're asking ourselves what is it that management make a mess of ?
9 He left the road at the hairpin bend which would have taken him up to Albert Terrace and followed the path through the kissing-gate to the moor .
10 Instead of walking him round the beat , he should have taken him straight to the police station .
11 Gradually the impulse which had taken him over to the wood , the instinct which had urged him to a resolution , worked its way to the surface .
12 For the Prince , it was the beginning of a love affair , one that has taken him back to Italy on many occasions .
13 He had been beaten by soldiers , he said , who had taken him back to his home and stolen the money he had hidden there .
14 It was the boy he had met when Georgiades had taken him back to the Place of the Dead ; Ali , Yussuf 's nephew .
15 Protocol and politeness had taken him out to the airport to meet the Temporary Duty men off the flight .
16 The androids had pulled the shaking and distraught officer from the wreck of the room and taken him directly to their controller .
17 They 've taken him off to a dry house .
18 At the age often , her talents had taken her away to Moscow where she had studied , married and made her home .
19 He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked .
20 Hywel , supposed Lydia , must have briefly courted her , have put on a suit , taken her out to a café , been moderately gay .
21 He 'd taken her out to dinner that very night , and now seemed to be practically haunting the place , and obviously very much in love with her friend .
22 I 've taken her out to lunch .
23 and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her .
24 By the time he had taken her back to the theatre she felt totally removed from the morning , quite calm , controlled , almost as though she was nothing to do with the Hochhauser Season but had just come back from a week in Vienna staying at a luxury hotel .
25 I gather your nursemaid has taken her off to her own home today . ’
26 Only you never knew I 'd taken 'em round to Mr Bishop 's brother . ’
27 She 'd just taken it round to a local dealer to get his opinion confirmed .
28 well he put it in , probably did n't put it , must of taken it out to of looked at it surely
29 So taken it down to the tills at the front , cos they move quicker
30 If I 'd had my hat I 'd have taken it off to the guy .
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