Example sentences of "take [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Just had a chat with Mickey Stewart and erm , he offered that he thought David Lawrence was a bit tired in the test matches that he 's played and that it 's took it out of him and not , not very quick . |
2 | My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes . |
3 | That takes me up to Easter . |
4 | And then Paul takes me up to their house where I , usually about ten past eleven gives me time to get the pushchair put up again and |
5 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
6 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
7 | He does n't like to be seen with mum and dad , but when I 'm poorly and he takes me out in the wheelchair , he does n't mind who he meets and he says : ‘ Hi fellas , this is my mum . ’ |
8 | 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 |
9 | He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling . |
10 | Which takes me back to my opening images . |
11 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
12 | That takes me back to my nightmare . |
13 | Takes me back to Scampton . |
14 | Rufus takes them on to step two : ‘ So he going to send a search party , is n't he ? |
15 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
16 | It takes them back into the past and helps them relax at the same time . |
17 | All sociologists whose work takes them out of the library and brings them into contact with living beings are certain to use the interview in their work . |
18 | I took your violets home with me and have them in a vase in my room , and Mrs Gracie the housekeeper ( who owns the pug ) takes them out at night as she says they poison the air when one is asleep . |
19 | And it was suggested by the er two officers that were present , that that could , that money that 's already there , could in fact get a third of the scheme done , the third which was the bisecting little path , the main trees across the front , and the bit of the paving that takes you over to the North Road . |
20 | It 's a fast ascent on to the bealach , and then a right turn takes you on to a surprising flat little plateau sporting a tiny circular lochan . |
21 | where the dropped kerb is , that takes you on to the private road . |
22 | This takes you up over Bwlch-y-Saethau , the Pass of the Arrows , where the battle with Mordred is actually supposed to have taken place . |
23 | The West Hill Railway takes you up to the Castle and Smugglers Adventure in St. Clement 's Caves from George Street . |
24 | takes you up to her flat on the eighth floor . |
25 | Near the station of the cable railway which takes you up to Gabulowka for a lovely view across the town , there are Russians and other traders selling bric a brac in the open market . |
26 | I , I , I think he described them as light granite , but , but actually of a manmade material , which is being used at the moment in Nottingham on a something called a heritage walk which takes you up to the lace market in Nottingham . |
27 | Just turn right up there and it takes you up to the bottom of the M10 . |
28 | So , anybody entering the exhibition is encouraged to stand on a spot at the bottom of the stairs , and they place in the token that they 've bought at the box office , as they do so , they get flooded in light , and the special computer voice made by the university takes you through into the exhibition . |
29 | Nevertheless , he takes you along to his house , which is one of a line of council houses on the edge of the village , just before the plain recommences its reign . |
30 | A small detour takes you down to Caniço de Baixa or Ponta da Oliveira where there is a small modern development ( mainly owned by Germans ) . |