Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 2 | So , when one of Ramon 's friends asked me to take a package to a friend of his in Berlin , I thought , well , I can make up that I have a job and cut my visit short because of it . |
| 3 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 4 | We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish . |
| 5 | She saw me looking at her and thrusting the bag under my nose invited me to take a pinch . |
| 6 | At one point , a painted sign on the tarmac invited me to take a break . |
| 7 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 8 | So now you 're imagining that he , whoever he is , popped this through the letterbox , waited till she had had time to read it , then rang the bell and invited her to take a stroll with him . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , the game was very close and as half time approached it took a piece of individual brilliance to put St Albans ahead . |
| 10 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 11 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 12 | ‘ Miss Jarman told thee to take a stroll I suppose , ’ Salt said sarcastically . |
| 13 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 14 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 15 | ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’ |
| 16 | Her father 's death caused her to take a governess post in 1893 , but she studied part-time and obtained a London BA in 1897 , and then worked in teaching and governess posts until 1908 . |
| 17 | Lord C told her to take a spot of leave before reporting for a short parachute course . |
| 18 | I managed to get a charity bursary , which allowed me to take a degree at London University . |
| 19 | Imagine if your local electrical store allowed you to take a TV home for a month to sample its quality before parting with your money , you would be sure you had made the right decision before it cost you the earth . |
| 20 | I heard she took a chicken in the basket to the vet and put the cat in the oven . ’ |
| 21 | Then , once inside the sitting-room , she bade him take a seat . |
| 22 | The marriage which followed it took a fraction of the time — about three minutes . |
| 23 | He urged me to take a day off and visit him . |
| 24 | The theatre management urged him to take a holiday , but he refused , not wanting to disappoint the audiences who were still rushing to get seats at each performance . |
| 25 | Julia watched him take a handkerchief from his trouser pocket with one hand while shaking the debris of the cat 's cradle from the other . |
| 26 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 27 | Er and was it said she saw somebody take a cake . |
| 28 | When she thought about Simon , she felt herself taking a step into another world . |
| 29 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 30 | I can give evidence that I s right for , say , we 'll go back to his , his er idea , suspicion of murder , I can say I saw him take a hammer and whack him , split his head open , he dropped down dead . |