Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] take [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | So I took them at their word and phoned them up . |
2 | So I took them in the lorry . |
3 | On the , so I took her for . |
4 | So I took her through that holiday in greater detail . |
5 | Oh , it 's up there , it fell down and erm , went along and picked it up , so I took it off them , and said , how would you like it if I threw sticks at you , anyway , they said , oh I 'm sorry , you know , they they sort of cleared everything up and went off . |
6 | Then I needed to have it refretted so I took it into Joe Satriani 's guitar tech and he said , ‘ Wait a minute — where did you get this ? |
7 | So I took it with me on the Hiroshima mission . |
8 | So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me . |
9 | So I took it upon myself to tell her , old nosey-parker that I am . |
10 | Perhaps somebody took it in there . ’ |
11 | But it was chance alone which took him to Covent Garden . |
12 | So she took me off hygiene . |
13 | But Bernard fainted so she took him into casualty . |
14 | ( 2 ) You unmanly fellow ! to treat a woman so who took you off the street . |
15 | So we take her onto the |
16 | remains something of a mystery , but perhaps they took it as a reference to our well-known problems with fractured sewer pipes and the directive from Europe . |
17 | So they took me into care and put me in an assessment centre in Sydenham Hill for six months . |
18 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
19 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |
20 | So he took me to a butcher shoppe with a bacon slicer in it and you know it turned out that he was right aftr all . |
21 | So he took her down the hill again . |
22 | Right you take them in there the table . |
23 | I remember once I took you by the shoulders and said , ‘ Listen , love , I 'm talking to you about your mother . ’ |
24 | We all have people in our churches who have this sunny disposition , who can chat unselfconsciously with the shy and defensive newcomer , and so relax them that quickly and imperceptibly he takes them from small talk on to more serious matters . |
25 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
26 | Now I took him into my home , it was an extremely costly thing to do , and eventually we got him into the Chiltern Clinic . |
27 | There was a hangnail at the side of my thumb and now I took it between my teeth and tore it off so that the blood ran , leaving a scarlet spotting on my dress where it bloused out above my waist . |
28 | Well the high schools now they take them from all over do n't they ? |
29 | This year , as well as his old regulars , the Hoflins , Busacher , and old Anton , the répétiteur from Vienna , he had invited his friends on the theatre committee who had assisted so nobly in quelling the Gesner revolt , and Luiza , Freddi and Alfred , who came nearly every year but not so often they took it for granted . |
30 | We took them to the fish , well I took them to the fish and no , many o , any of the oth other groups went and some of them , they 're very good ! |