Example sentences of "a [noun] to take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a mournful pair that hired a boat to take them to Saltash and acquaint the Lee family of the tragedy . |
| 2 | And I have half a mind to take you at your word , give you what you seem to want and turn you out of my house after I have finished with you . ’ |
| 3 | Time for the same man to complete his work in Finland , then catch a plane to London and hire a car to take him to Suffolk . |
| 4 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 5 | So the film company organized a car to take him from Reading to Pangbourne . |
| 6 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 7 | A frog asked a princess to take him to bed with her so that he could turn into a fairy prince . |
| 8 | ‘ And now — and again because of my wife 's insistence , because of her concern for your health — I have hired a conveyance to take you to the railway station at Skipton . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The thought of having the baby without a home to take it to is awful , ’ the 22-year-old mum says . |
| 10 | In Donaghy [ 1981 ] Crim LR 644 ( Crown Court ) , the accused ordered a taxi-driver to take him from Newmarket to London and made threats to his life . |
| 11 | We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat . |
| 12 | With a place to take him to , she thought , the Workhouse Master would be more likely to let her grandfather go with her . |
| 13 | They have a right to take you with them . ’ |
| 14 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 15 | Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade . |
| 16 | She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening . |
| 17 | When he hired a taxi to take her to Eastbourne for the day ( the same man who took a bus to the theatre , rather than pay for a cab ) she jumped out at the lights near Oval cricket ground because she was so disturbed by his erratic behaviour . |
| 18 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 19 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
| 20 | They had missed breakfast but the porter brought them coffee and hot rolls in one of the small lounges , then rang for a taxi to take them to Royalbion House . |
| 21 | A seminar to take you from the fundamentals of Data Communications to the most advanced techniques implemented today — in just 3 days |
| 22 | Corbett hurriedly dressed , refused the kind offer of a horse but accepted the services of a guide to take him through Edinburgh to the castle . |
| 23 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 24 | He immediately chartered a plane to take him to Paris the next day and made his meeting . |
| 25 | They hurried through the tranquil , fragrant-smelling garden , past-the Inner and Middle Temples , and down Temple Stairs where they hired a wherry to take them to Westminster . |
| 26 | ‘ We only release bitches who have been spayed and if they are still only puppies we give the new owners a date to take them to the vet . ’ |
| 27 | Damiani senior maintained a chauffeur to take him round the family olive groves . |
| 28 | One of them hailed me and gave me a fiver to take them to a private clinic in Harley Street . |
| 29 | During the rebellion of 1715 she was reported as having hired a chaise to take her to Scotland to see her half-brother , ‘ James III ’ . |