Example sentences of "to take [pers pn] out [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had called Professor Ruiperez from my hostal , and at once he came to take me out to lunch at an expensive restaurant featuring all the local dishes , including a hearty paella and fine Rioja wines . |
| 2 | ‘ He wants to take me out to dinner tonight , ’ Alexandra could not resist adding . |
| 3 | When she learned — shock , horror , dismay ! — that he wanted to take me out to dinner she had the brass nerve to call me ‘ a Jezebel ’ ! |
| 4 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 5 | And then he said , I do n't mean to put pressure on , but I want to get to know you , we 've got so much in common and erm I want to take you out for dinner , not just go to the concert , but , we do n't get to know each other that way . |
| 6 | Do n't you have a boyfriend to take you out to lunch ? ’ |
| 7 | She said I wo n't be able to take you out to lunch till after Christmas time cos I 'll be far too busy . |
| 8 | " I want to take you out to dinner , Lollie , " he said . |
| 9 | His family seem to have been of limited means , for his father intended to take him out of school at an early age to become an apprentice . |
| 10 | The sight of Fred and Daisy after the first night added to his nerve , and he scooped the skeletal Peaseblossom out of a dressing-room full of tulle to take her out to dinner with them . |
| 11 | ‘ She has all her old friends from Vienna to take her out to dinner . |
| 12 | De Gaulle meant , as you would realise , that he wanted to take her out of earshot and have a whisper . |
| 13 | Jim described it as a ‘ user friendly ’ locomotive , it is possible to keep on using the machine continuously without having to take it out of service for maintenance . |