Example sentences of "[pron] take my [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone taking my name in vain ? ’ asked Penry , coming into the room . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I took my friend from Olivera 's to lunch , which will cost you a couple of quid or a night out at the weekend . |
| 3 | Edward England , who inspired the series in the first place , has left Hodders , and I took my leave of St. John 's in 1975 in order to become Rector of St. Aldate 's Church , Oxford . |
| 4 | Soon with the sunshine totally predominating I took my leave of this attractive island and was back on the Twin Otter en route for Barra . |
| 5 | ‘ I took my life in my hands as it was just now — telling you so much about myself and my life . ’ |
| 6 | I took my bicycle on the train , with two packs slung on the back and a typewriter . |
| 7 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 8 | I took my catapult from my belt , selected a half-inch steelie , sighted carefully , then sent the big ball-bearing arcing out over the river , the telephone poles and the little suspension bridge to the mainland . |
| 9 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
| 10 | I think now that they were probably quite generous , but then I took my colour from my proud mother — who retaliated with satire to the implicit condescension she thought she detected . |
| 11 | When I took my knitting to the window and sat working there , I thought of Mother . |
| 12 | I was ashamed ; and thenceforward I took my turn with the rest — to my benefit . |
| 13 | I took my inhaler with me , and they took it off me , telling me I used it to make myself high . |
| 14 | He received a lot of criticism , but I thought it was unfair as he was completely new to the team , so I took my share of the blame . |
| 15 | I took my TV to be repaired and the shop asked for a £35 deposit which I paid . |
| 16 | I took my pint to the bar , and scored a bag of crisps — shrimp-and-rollmop flavour — and a sachet of Pork Scrunchies . |
| 17 | Having little option , I took my seat beside him . ’ |
| 18 | Full of beans , I took my seat at the stalled dinner . |
| 19 | Sometimes I took my camera to the beach and took photographs of some of the boats that went by . |
| 20 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 21 | I took my place at the top of a walkway between the orchestra , the curtains opened and a lush sigh from the string section led the intro of ‘ Memories ’ . |
| 22 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
| 23 | He warned MacLachlan , who recorded : ‘ Just as I took my place in the circle I saw four more Messerschmitts coming down out of the sun . |
| 24 | As I took my place in the darkened centre stage for the opening of the first act , and the lights slowly came up , I saw a sight which I 've never seen before , a sight which chilled me to the marrow and froze me to the spot . |
| 25 | I took my place in the refectory at a separate table near the dais and watched the lady prioress sweep in . |
| 26 | In 1941 , all factories were moved out of Leningrad ( as St Petersburg was called from 1924 to 1991 ) and I took my son with me but I had to leave my husband behind . |
| 27 | ( 8 ) I took my dog to the vet on Friday . |
| 28 | ( 9 ) I took my dog to the vet on Friday . |
| 29 | Then I took my bag into a loo and took everything off and changed into clean clothes . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not answering these questions any more , ’ I said to him as I took my plate to the sink . |