Example sentences of "take [pers pn] to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was partly wanting to say to my children that on one day a week I could always take them to school .
2 When Nigel was at home , Gina usually made him take them to the Launderette in a black dust bag .
3 ‘ I will take them to her , ’ she said .
4 It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office .
5 Golfers , with bags of clubs over shoulders , boarded tramcars which would take them to many of the numerous golf-clubs in and around the city .
6 Some would take them to the top half of the dale , and the others the bottom half .
7 He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley .
8 They were standing on the jetty with a score of chattering women , waiting for the launch that would take them to the depot ship Omega .
9 Our lucky couple will fly with USAir to Las Vegas where a limousine will take them to the sensational medieval-style Excalibur Hotel for their six-night stay .
10 Mehu claimed : ‘ They would take them to a lake .
11 He 'll take them to the top of the stairs and make sure they know when to go on — usually by the gracious means of a prod in the back .
12 Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond .
13 Sensations of white , for instance , are classed together , not because we can take them to pieces , and say they are alike in this , and not alike in that , but because we feel them to be alike altogether , though in different degrees .
14 Some of these were to be offered as votives in the temple 's sanctuaries : others entered a trading network which might take them to the farthest ends of the island or overseas .
15 Do we also take them to be necessitated ?
16 But I am determined to fight back , and where I think that they 've gone over the top , I 'll take them to court .
17 ‘ I 'll take them to him . ’
18 And if they fail to find all your information and recommend something and then you say , Well er invalid son or parents and I need that money then he 's at fault and you can then er take them to court for failing to give you best advice .
19 ‘ I 've got some papers but I ca n't take them to the police , can I ?
20 I certainly ca n't take them to Oxford with me .
21 Which train will take them to Ratvick ?
22 So he promised them if they could shift over 30 electronic flykillers on the phone he would take them to Alton Towers for the day .
23 ‘ I promised my children I 'd take them to Disneyland .
24 Bill knows he must go to John 's now and explain why he could n't take them to Disneyland , clear it all up before John dies .
25 They could n't have been so very far behind them — in fact they should have passed them unless — unless Silas had decided to turn along the road that would take them to the bush walk .
26 Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms .
27 In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race .
28 Fifty had continued upriver , on a course that would take them to Perth and to Scone opposite .
29 They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows .
30 Well if they come round to ours this year I 'll invite them in I 'll take them to my basement and I 'll lock 'em up for a few days .
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