Example sentences of "[pers pn] to take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then looking back at Mick who was grinning at him , he bit on his lip and moved his head slightly as if to say , ‘ How am I to take her ? ’ |
| 2 | Ought I to take it ? " |
| 3 | ‘ Am I to take it that is the general male philosophy , that shrug-it-all-off attitude ? ’ |
| 4 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
| 5 | ‘ It was very good of you to take them to the sea . |
| 6 | I do n't care if they 're hallucinating purple snakes and blue baboons , because the whole point of putting them on a boat is that they ca n't get off and swim home , and they ca n't get drugs on board , and they ca n't bribe you to take them to land , and that means they 'll have no damned choice but to get cured . ’ |
| 7 | And that for you to take them all |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I want you to take them off ; but those shoes are so good I want you to put them back on again . ’ |
| 9 | do n't want you to take them outside because you trail them in the wet . |
| 10 | ‘ Is that the best explanation you can come up with for the fact that I do n't lie down and beg you to take me ? ’ she shot back , her temper well and truly up now . |
| 11 | I thought of going to Vetch Street while you were on your rounds , waiting for you , and begging you to take me back , as a skivvy , nothing more , just to be near you , however much you despised me , and hang all worthless pride , and then you came . |
| 12 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 13 | I want you to take me home ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , there 's no need for you to take me out for a meal . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Important enough for you to take her out every night , ’ Claudia responded , gasping as she realised she had spoken her thoughts out loud . |
| 16 | Sergeant so-and-so has just passed the Inspector 's exams and I 'd like you to take him with you . |
| 17 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 18 | If you think it right , I want you to take him . ’ |
| 19 | ROS : We are counting on you to take him out of himself . |
| 20 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's good of you to take him off our hands . |
| 22 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
| 23 | And they 're just looking at you and your Mum s your Mum wants you to take him out properly , walk him down the street and you 've sneaked him outside and they 're just looking at you like this |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm so very glad to hear it because I 'd like you to take us back there now . ’ |
| 25 | They expect you to take 'em seriously , no matter how pitiful they are — in fact , the more pitiful they are , the more their wives at home probably laugh at 'em , the more they expect you to behave as if they was some Eastern potentate or something . |
| 26 | It 's very good of you to take it like this . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm asking you to take it for me — because you always have my full confidence as my personal assistant . |
| 28 | That evening you visited your GP who told you to take it easy and prescribed a course of tranquillizers . |
| 29 | I want you to take it in for me . ’ |
| 30 | And then if it 's up to you to take it or leave it . |