Example sentences of "to take [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gifford , though he gave advice from his own experience , told him to take nothing on trust , but ‘ to cry mightily unto the Lord that He would convince him of the truth thereof ’ : he must work out his own salvation . |
| 2 | Just under the surface , though , we can see signs of a willingness to take nothing on trust , to maintain a permanent self-vigilance , and if necessary to overturn the cultural idols . |
| 3 | On the one hand , the researcher should try to take nothing for granted , but rather be surprised and intrigued by what is observed , as if trying to make sense of foreign culture . |
| 4 | I have no doubt that the majority of staff working in this difficult field do their job with compassion and professionalism , but this trial has shown that we can afford to take nothing for granted . |
| 5 | ‘ We have learned to take nothing for granted . |
| 6 | If the diagnosis of perforation was confirmed , the patient was given intravenous fluids and antibiotics and was advised to take nothing by mouth . |
| 7 | Well I , that 's really the only reason I came up was because I wondered if they wanted to take me off it , you know if you wanted to change it , because i it is n't working . |
| 8 | It seems clear to me that no such thing was happening to me , either at home or at school , the former structure being too self-absorbed to take me into account and the latter too rigid . |
| 9 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 10 | He also used to take me into the insect house , where he kept mosquitoes infected with tropical diseases . |
| 11 | Maybe I should get Michael or Cheta to take me into the tower with them when they deliver meals . ’ |
| 12 | She said the police would come to take me into the stockade like the cruel and wild animal I was . |
| 13 | He said right then I suppose you 're going to take me over the wee pub now . |
| 14 | So out I went , Halton is ringed with beautiful beech forests and one of my training runs just happened to take me through one of these forests where I felt I was utterly safe except for the birds and the bees . |
| 15 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 16 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 17 | You 'll have to take me with you , Inquisitor Draco . |
| 18 | The governors had placed great trust in him over the period of ten years ‘ during one of which it pleased its liberal Grand Visitor to take me with him to Ireland ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ What if my lord fitzAlan refuses to take me with him ? ’ she managed to say quite steadily . |
| 20 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It was because you 're refusing to take me with you tomorrow . |
| 22 | Father had promised to take me with the added bonus of an afternoon off school . |
| 23 | They seemed ready to take me on my own terms , with a Burmese assistant to be selected by myself , a stenographer , a salary four times as big as my missionary stipend , with considerable amenities . |
| 24 | I could hardly follow them on their wanderings unless one or other of them was prepared to take me on her saddle while she stood upright pedalling . |
| 25 | Rosie promised to take me on her next day off . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 27 | When Daddy [ Roald Dahl ] was dying , for example , Geraldine and a friend had arranged to take me for lunch . |
| 28 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 29 | Simon was supposed to take me for lunch an hour ago , ’ she said , hearing herself rattle on , yet unable to stop , ‘ but he seems to have forgotten and I 'm hungry and — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |