Example sentences of "took [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took himself to the call-box in his lodgings night after night , but whether he was sloshed or sober there was no way of finding the nerve to dial . |
| 2 | Gabriel took himself to the top of a steep grass slope and , lying full length in the grass , rolled from top to bottom , over and over and over , until he was soaking wet and extremely dizzy . |
| 3 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 4 | He grew morose after that and growled at the customers , it seems — so most took themselves to the next village for their ale . |
| 5 | Leaving the men and Madeleine sipping Calvados and smoking , the two girls brushed the crumbs off the glossy white cloth and took themselves to the kitchen . |
| 6 | In the absence of any Archbishop of Canterbury other than the excommunicant Stigand , a stream of newly promoted churchmen , including Archbishop Cynsige of York , took themselves to the Continent to be consecrated . |