Example sentences of "took [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | There were no farewell parties for me when I left Moose Jaw , although Fred Workman took me to lunch and treated us both to a glass of ale at the Grant Hall Hotel . |
2 | He took me to lunch at a discreetly ill-lit restaurant and then to an hotel on the Ile St Louis , where we passed two hours of the afternoon gratifying his fantasies . |
3 | Another was hopeful of joining Ford — he took me to task for this magazine 's criticisms of the new Escort . |
4 | Sarge — his real name was Paul Sargeant — was an Australian who had modelled himself on John Belushi and disapproved of good language ( he once took me to task for using the word ‘ carouse ’ ) . |
5 | A month later my mother took me to task : |
6 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
7 | Professor Ronald H Girdwood , the chairman of the Scottish Blood Transfusion Association , took me to task in a letter at the end of last month . |
8 | Until he 'd before he took me to hospital ! |
9 | They started at the beginning of one week , by the Thursday , the pain and the sickness were so bad they took me to hospital . |
10 | My eldest brother , who is quite ‘ westernised ’ , took me to college . |
11 | ‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’ |
12 | My godfather took me to dinner here and we played poker afterwards with a few of the members . |
13 | There were many complaints that cattle infested roadsides , and their search for food often took them to rice fields and gardens . |
14 | Kevin Bird took them to Split because he thought he get could from there to Britain . |
15 | I took them to school for Sports Day and decided to try them out by sprinting across the school gymnasium , and I spiked up the wooden floor rather badly . |
16 | The following morning I put the loose pieces in my bag and took them to school . |
17 | We took them to lunch at the Bull Inn which dates back to the 15th century , and afterwards explored the local market . |
18 | We always did the plays at the Globe first , before we took them to court . |
19 | American game giants , Nintendo cried foul and took them to court in an attempt to ban Game Genie sales in America . |
20 | Yes , but do you know , in Gabby 's in , they had to , to , the builders just gave what they want , and all your residents , they took them to court and they had , eh |
21 | they took them to court . |
22 | The first night I took them to bed at quarter past seven . |
23 | City have n't won a trophy since 1976 when goals from Peter Barnes and Denis Tueart took them to League Cup victory over Newcastle . |
24 | Lowly Nottingham took them to task … and took them apart … 26-14 . |
25 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
26 | When I took you to church and gave you your name , he did not come . |
27 | erm , he said one of the friends he 'd come out with he became a house boy in a house , and the lady took a fancy to him , took him to bed , the husband found him and he was later found |
28 | Dustin never forgot the importance of Henry Livings 's play in his career , and many years later , when he was making Agatha in England , he sought the modest playwright out and took him to lunch at a smart restaurant . |
29 | Mr Symington had reached compacts with some of the tribes , allowing them 250 machines each , when the larger tribes took him to court to try to get more . |
30 | The buyer exercised the option , but then did not complete the contract , so the seller took him to court . |