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Example sentences for "take home"

  • In the evening one of the nephews asked for some tea to take home, which I gave him; another pocketed all the tobacco that was brought them to make cigarettes.

  • Every study I take home I owe entirely to the viceroy's munificent kindness.

  • Robertson's, to take home with me, and paid 19s.

  • Did you want any of it for provisions to take home?

  • However, their working numbers were now reduced to thirty-eight, beside the four negroes, a scanty crew enough to take home such a ship to England.

  • It stands upon my honor both to fulfil my bond with these men, whom I have brought hither, and to take home to England at least something of my prize as a proof of my own valor.

  • Aren't we going to buy anything to take home--souvenirs I mean?

  • I'm going to give you each a certain sum, and you may spend it in any way you like for souvenirs to take home to Sam, Dinah and your other friends.

  • Maybe there's some little cats back here, and we could get one to take home with us!

  • The next thing you are to have is a visit to an Esquimo village, and, if I can find some of the Esquimo carvings, you shall have something to take home to mother.

  • I have been expecting a modest request for a Maiamute or a Husky pup, or perhaps a pet reindeer to take home, but so far you have been quite moderate in your demands.

  • They worked busily, and soon Sunny had a neat little pile of green moss ready to take home to Mother.

  • See what we're going to take home to Mother to surprise her.

  • They did, too, a patch of them down at one end of the apple orchard, and Mr. Horton showed Sunny Boy how he used to string them on grass stems to take home to his mother when he was a little boy.

  • I bought one from the owner of the dressing-gown for four annas, to take home to Peter.

  • This morning Mrs. Royle took me to the village to get some brass to take home.

  • I am insatiable for things to take home, and Autolycus has packed and roped three large wooden boxes containing my treasures.

  • We are very busy collecting things to take home with us.

  • I was looking for something to take home to Brighteyes, my sister.

  • Then Buddy was happy again, and almost glad he had fallen down the big hole, because he had something good to take home to eat.

  • The candles should have red and yellow shades, and a little “tulip” lamp should stand at each place as a souvenir to take home.

  • Little candy boxes with a rose decoration will be just the thing for souvenirs to take home.

  • It would be an excellent idea to give each one of your guests a few daffodils to take home.

  • On his return the master was full of anger at his breach of trust, and inexorably resolved to turn him away; but not to let him go empty-handed, he gave him a little lamb to take home.

  • If I could dare to hope so--but I cannot presume to take home to myself those assurances, when I know that I only resolve, that I may have resolutions to break.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "take home" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bland smile; little bottle; myself and; speak properly; take back; take breath; take down; take each; take her; take him; take offense; take part; take precedence; take station; take thou; take time; take vengeance; take warning; take you; taken back; taken every; taken from; taken notice; takes occasion; takes possession; tell myself