Example sentences of "took [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father and mother took my boys to Paris for a weekend recently just to buy them clothes , ’ says Louise . |
| 2 | The CPR free-pass travel privilege was becoming an annual habit and the following year I took my holidays to New York finding a small but comfortable room at the Hotel Bristol on W. 47th Street , not far from Broadway , Times Square and Radio City . |
| 3 | When I took my children to bed at night they would pause to look through a little knee-high window which lit the stairs . |
| 4 | As I say if they took my wages into consideration they would have let us buy next door even . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , such was my faith while at the Centre that along with my vitamins and supplements , I religiously took my drops of Dr. Bach every day , at the same time muttering the necessary affirmations . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 7 | When it was founded early in this century , the agency took its ideas of land management from European Social Democratic models . |
| 8 | After moving to Grimsetter and Hatston respectively , this unit embarked aboard the carrier HMS Indefatigable , and in the period July 14 to 19 , 1944 , took its Fireflies into action for the first time when they supported FAA raids on the German battleship Tirpitz by attacking gun positions and two German naval vessels . |
| 9 | One can imagine the savings in foreign exchange if British people took their holidays at home instead of abroad . |
| 10 | Many Suffolk horsemen , when occasionally they took their horses to Ipswich market , rose very early in the morning — three o'clock , or even earlier — to put the finishing touches to harness they had perhaps oiled the night before , and to paint the horses ' hoofs with harness oil to make them look smart . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's my first time here , ’ she whispered as they squeezed into a table and a waiter took their orders for drinks . |
| 12 | As Ibn Fayoud 's guests took their seats for dinner , he introduced himself to Kelly with edgy formality . |
| 13 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |
| 14 | More than 150 British food and drink companies , offering everything from speciality chocolates to game soup , took their wares to New York in early July to tempt North American trade buyers seeking new products . |
| 15 | From the first she took her meals with Anna . |
| 16 | At eighty-two , Dorothy Hardisty took her grandchildren to Battersea Fun Fair . |
| 17 | He took her lips with passion . |
| 18 | She raced around the driveway on her blue tricycle , took her dolls for walks in her pram — she always asked for a new one as a birthday present — and helped to dress her smaller brother . |
| 19 | Took him bits of things . |
| 20 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 21 | His quick tactical eye allowed for subtle opening and middle game combinations , in which resourceful and original moves often took his opponents by surprise . |
| 22 | A famous psychologist ( he was a customer of mine before he took his talents to America ) once suggested in conversation that it was largely due to the contradiction between the beauty of the flower and the beastly danger and hurt of the thorn . |
| 23 | The Prince took his problems to Broadlands and also his girlfriends . |
| 24 | During one excursion which probably occurred at this time Tom Poole took his friends to Walford 's Gibbet on the Quantock slopes between Holford and Stowey , and there recounted John Walford 's tragic history . |
| 25 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 26 | He often worked in a friend 's studio , and took his meals at Rosalie 's where he peeled potatoes or washed up to pay for the meals . |
| 27 | Mr Wolski took his hands from Minch and quietly closed the door of the cage she was in . |
| 28 | Roe took his men from Alderley Edge and concentrated the company 's efforts at the new ore-body and it is possible that interest in the Coniston venture waned to some extent . |
| 29 | But despite being inside an infected zone , Montgomery Taylor twice took his pigs to Darlington auction mart . |
| 30 | But , despite being inside an infected zone , Montgomery Taylor twice took his pigs to Darlington Auction Mart . |