Example sentences of "to task [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another reader takes Christine Sutton to task on a semantic point . |
| 2 | I decided to take this new paint to task on a painting trip to the island of Sark , in the Channel Islands . |
| 3 | Irwin Gabathuler of the University of Liverpool took theorists to task at a meeting at the Royal Society in London last month . |
| 4 | The response of those engaged in the arduous labours which led to the conclusion of the Convention is no doubt not dissimilar to that of the scholar who writes a book on the doctrine of unconscionability in contract law and is then taken to task by a reviewer for his failure to cover breach and termination — in other words , for not writing a different book . |
| 5 | 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 . |