Example sentences of "[conj] took it [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 2 | Thérèse flew at the washing-up while Léonie clattered coffee and tisane on to the silver tray and took it through into the white salon . |
| 3 | Later , in 1965 , Elvis Presley remembered the ditty and took it back up the charts . |
| 4 | Then , the following night , half-way through a political thriller , he became so restless that he rewound the tape and took it back to the shop ; but the shop was closed . |
| 5 | Then he filled his cheap vacuum flask and took it back to the car where it completed a meal of dry crusty bread and cheese . |
| 6 | I broke the lock and took it back to the shop in La Jolla . |
| 7 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |
| 8 | He gathered up the blossom and took it back into the house . |
| 9 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 10 | Anyway , we desecrated the British flag — sewed on a pink triangle and painted on slogans — and took it along to the demo , which was very well attended . |
| 11 | There she chose a textbook on medical diseases and took it along to the lounge in the nurses ' residence . |
| 12 | The next day , Bobbie put Peter 's engine in a box and took it down to the railway . |
| 13 | Artemis reached up and took it down off the shelf . |
| 14 | Maxie made himself some coffee and took it out to the patio , where he surveyed the work to be done . |
| 15 | I lifted the small body , almost feather light , wrapped it in the sheet which had been spread on the rug and took it out to the car . |
| 16 | ‘ So we can forget that ole belt , ’ and he lifted the bag from the table and took it out of the room . |