Example sentences of "took [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry . |
| 2 | She took me up to see her room , which she had to herself until she was joined by another-middle aged woman without children . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 5 | Nobody wished me goodnight , as Zillah took me upstairs to find a bed for me . |
| 6 | The innkeepers — I had enough Spanish to recognize their curious Patagonian accent , all rolling rs and glottal stops — took me outside to show off a baby rhea they kept in a pen . |
| 7 | It took me forever to find the maturity to say to myself how bad it was . ’ |
| 8 | and I do n't know whether she took me down to see him to see if I 'd backed down |
| 9 | He carefully put me in his pocket and took me home to show to his wife . |
| 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 | Mina piled up the plates and took them outside to wash , and the dog rummaged round the floor in search of bones . |
| 15 | cos I took them off to peel some potatoes |
| 16 | That evening the Vice-Captain of Royal St. George 's took them out to survey the arrangements . |
| 17 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 18 | Today , only the altar candlesticks had been forgotten ( it was Elaine Dodswell and Trish Pardoe 's week and they could at least be relied upon ) so Anna gathered them up and took them home to polish . |
| 19 | And Rosie took herself off to get dressed . |
| 20 | It took him longer to get there after the performance but he was away from all the problems of the rest of the company . |
| 21 | His fortunes had changed , however , when a man who had befriended her father , Joe Maitland , took him on to manage his warehouse in Dockhead . |
| 22 | After asking what they would like to drink , Vitor provided cut-crystal glasses of vinho verde , but his duties as host quickly took him away to pour refills and greet other arrivals . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This was a disaster , as by then he could barely play and he was retrieved from Naples by a Russian family , who took him home to die . |
| 25 | It was never a serious relationship , really — I never took him home to meet my parents or anything like that . |
| 26 | In those days Garth was a merchant banker , and she took him home to meet her parents , who thought he was wonderful . |
| 27 | She then took him home to find Matthew in tears at the gate . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He took her through to show her the four-roomed suite that was his private living space within Liston Hall . |