Example sentences of "[noun] take [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tall and elegantly mustachioed , David Esterly is a softly spoken Californian in his mid-forties whose passion for Grinling Gibbons takes him by surprise even today . |
| 2 | Each side takes it in turn to bat . |
| 3 | ‘ Where did Scott take you to dinner ? ’ |
| 4 | Bragad took us by surprise . |
| 5 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 6 | The sun was going down when we sailed into the port , and the doctor and Mr Trelawney took me on shore . |
| 7 | Half way round the first lap a short sharp guest of wind took them by surprise and they found themselves having an early bath . |
| 8 | The trip from Jura that morning had been exciting enough , with a following sea cork-screwing the boat wildly as we ran before it , with the occasional shuddering ‘ gybe ’ when a shift of wind took us by surprise . |
| 9 | An ambulance took her to hospital in Abertillery , Gwent , but she was dead on arrival . |
| 10 | He kept the man 's airway clear and blood circulating until the plane landed and an ambulance took him to hospital . |
| 11 | The strange openness of his deeply blue eyes took her by surprise . |
| 12 | His reply took me by surprise as he shook his head firmly and answered : ‘ No thank you , I 've had some today and Mummy rations me ! ’ |
| 13 | In the carriage taking me into town , I cried a little . |
| 14 | CHAMPAGNE flowed and new coach Peter Nash was carried shoulder high by his team emphatic 29–13 triumph at Clifton Park on Saturday took them into North Division Two next season . |
| 15 | A squad car took him to hospital where he died . |
| 16 | The children were killed when masked gunmen opened fire on the minibus taking them to school . |
| 17 | Even so , the first words took him by surprise . |
| 18 | and er , I think until women 's football take it on board all the way erm , they 're not really gon na stand up with the men they have to become , referees , they have to become coaches , and more and more of these people erm , taking responsibility . |
| 19 | Did mummy take you to school ? |
| 20 | ( Words to take you through time . ) |
| 21 | However , when he later became drowsy she telephoned for an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 22 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 23 | Jackie from Marriage Lines takes us through day and evening invitations embossed with clinking champagne flutes and bordered in watered silk . |
| 24 | Seb had two feet on the ladder when Melody took him by surprise and caught him in a hug . |
| 25 | The suddenness and ferocity of the downpour took her by surprise . |
| 26 | We were watching a tree pipit in display flight when a sudden downpour took us by surprise and sent us scurrying , as fast as the bossy ground would allow , to the nearest hide . |
| 27 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind the took that decision because Castlereagh Borough Council took it to task over its figures , ’ he said . |
| 28 | When Reinhard Pischel was a young man , his daily journey to work took him from east to west Berlin . |
| 29 | His first thrust took her by surprise . |
| 30 | And the dream took her into hospital where the nice young man was lying in bed with his head bandaged and she was holding his hand ; and the dream brought a little comfort to the events of a night that was to be the turning point in her life . |