Example sentences of "and take [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 2 | In five minutes we 'll come back and take you to the medical centre for more tests . ’ |
| 3 | David had n't been on duty at the factory that afternoon and Rachel had wondered if he would suggest picking her up from her flat and taking her to the hospital , but he had n't , and his failure to do so only emphasised the coolness that was rapidly growing between them . |
| 4 | On 6 March 1992 more than 35 agents of the Mobile Military Police cordoned off four blocks of Guatemala City and violently rounded up the street children , handcuffing and beating them before dumping them in a van and taking them to the 2nd precinct police station . |
| 5 | The sun , the clear sky , the bright colours , the prosperous look of this lively , airy university town and wine-growing capital ; the stalls massed with flowers ; fresh fish shining pink and gold and silver in shallow baskets ; cherries and apricots and peaches on the fruit barrows ; one stall piled with about a ton of little bunches of soup or pot-au-feu vegetables — a couple of slim leeks , a carrot or two , a long thin turnip , celery leaves , and parsley , all cleaned and neatly bound with a rush , ready for the pot ; another charcuterie stall , in the covered part of the market , displaying yards of fresh sausage festooned around a pyramid-shaped wire stand ; a fishwife crying pussy 's parcels of fish wrapped tidily in newspaper ; an old woman at the market entrance selling winkles from a little cart shaped like a pram ; a fastidiously dressed old gentleman choosing tomatoes and leaf artichokes , one by one , as if he were picking a bouquet of flowers , and taking them to the scales to be weighed ( how extraordinary that we in England put up so docilely with not being permitted by greengrocers or even barrow boys to touch or smell the produce we are buying ) ; a lorry with an old upright piano in the back threading round and round the market place trying to get out . |
| 6 | Here , take mine ; there 's plenty , ’ Bertha Cohen said , passing her egg to the Rabbi and taking his to the yard to throw it in the rubbish-bin . |
| 7 | Leaving the men and Madeleine sipping Calvados and smoking , the two girls brushed the crumbs off the glossy white cloth and took themselves to the kitchen . |
| 8 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 9 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 10 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 11 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 12 | The sailors carried him carefully on to the ship , and took him to the Captain , who said : |
| 13 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 14 | Kath snapped instructions to everyone , and Amy wheeled Mr Thompson out and took him to the interview-room . |
| 15 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
| 16 | Ledwith and Crothers were described as window cleaners , and it was alleged that while one of them was inside a telephone box and the other was outside , P. C.s Roberts and Pearce arrested them and took them to the Bridewell . |
| 17 | The tablets she found later and took them to the Social Work Department to be sent to the child . |
| 18 | His mother was buried not far off , and as a kind of atonement , on the day of his appointment he bought a bunch of asters and took them to the grave , laying them on the bare earth . |
| 19 | Members of the Colchester Colne Round Table Club collected the party of eight-to-12-year-olds from the Greenstead estate by minibus and took them to the Wilson Marriage Centre in Barrack Street . |
| 20 | The inspector removed the cats and took them to the RSPCA home in Martlesham . |
| 21 | He picked up the tray of tea things and took them to the kitchen where he glanced at the clock . |
| 22 | ‘ So , ’ he was saying to the Prince 's chauffeur as Owen arrived , ‘ you picked the two girls up from the salon and took them to the river at Beni Suef ? ’ |
| 23 | He searched through the desk for various necessary documents that the bureaucratic world would demand to see now that he was returning to it , and took them to the suitcase in the bedroom , together with his agent 's letter . |
| 24 | PC Hudson arrested the weeping girl straightaway , and took her to the Reading workhouse . |
| 25 | Once outside he linked arms with her and took her to the little pub that the station staff used . |
| 26 | He beckoned her in , and took her to the rail to look over . |
| 27 | P.C. Clifford extracted Mrs. Millings , and took her to the car . |
| 28 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
| 29 | When in May , six months later , he came to Paris and took me to the Tour d'Argent for lunch , he passed me an envelope . |
| 30 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |