Example sentences of "take [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my third memory my mother takes me to see Chaplin 's Limelight . |
| 2 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 3 | ‘ For pity 's sake just sit there and try not to do anything silly for the time it takes me to fill two bowls with cawl . ’ |
| 4 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 5 | However long it takes me to finish my job . ’ |
| 6 | But in the time it takes me to do this , the incoming train has reached the other end of the station platform . |
| 7 | It takes me places that I thought I 'd never see |
| 8 | ‘ He often takes me to work with him ’ |
| 9 | It 's long and shiny and it takes me ages to do it . |
| 10 | IT TAKES me ages to find Julian Cope 's secluded hideaway in a remote coastal area of North West Scotland . |
| 11 | And er , as you 'll see , probably next week 's , I 'm not going to get to this now , er , next week , or possible the week after , even , depending on how long it takes me to get there , I will suggest to you that the revolution now taking place in behavioural science , does suggest wh what they are , and that there are in fact some deeply countering intuitive insights , erm , into this whole issue , which have only emerged in the last few years . |
| 12 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 13 | In this way the youngsters make it clear that they are not yet mature enough to be considered rivals for territories or breeding partners and are allowed to feed on the reef beside their parents for the several months that it takes them to grow to maturity . |
| 14 | One thing all that experience with women has taught me is how long it takes them to get dressed . |
| 15 | Each booklet can fit into a back pocket and is designed to be read in the 90 minutes it takes someone to get to work . |
| 16 | It takes someone to know something . |
| 17 | He takes himself to have true premises and a valid inference to a true conclusion ; the premises might include the proposition that in the past he has made mistakes . |
| 18 | ‘ Aye ; well ’ — he got on to his feet now — ‘ it takes somebody to expose it . |
| 19 | and he goes and sits there , and he takes she 's eaten it ! |
| 20 | It need take no longer than it takes you to interview a pupil and make a job offer . |
| 21 | It 's just the day it takes you know . |
| 22 | at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing |
| 23 | I mean in the time is takes you to do a sketch you can draw accurately |
| 24 | Well please yourself , how long it takes you to do it . |
| 25 | It takes you bleeding ages to start up so you definitely got to have exercise with your legs . |
| 26 | You know roughly how long it takes you to dress yourself ; you know what time the children arrive home from school . |
| 27 | This cook 's tour of the shelves takes you round the cold meats , sausages and cheeses , the oils , vinegars , dressings and sauces , the bewildering arrays of herbs and spices , the teas and coffees and much , much more . |
| 28 | He takes you round the block and back , does Eno , with few comforting reference points , although I sense echoes of early YMO and Yello lurking behind closed doors . |
| 29 | The Silurian Way is a nine and a half mile route which takes you round the central area of the forest reaching its high point at Carron Crag at 1,031ft . |
| 30 | An important rule when beating into a current flowing across the upwind leg is always to sail the tack that takes you uptide of the mark first . |