It is simply that sir took one rather by surprise for a moment.

"Sir, I think you should take a look at this."

Sir, our citizens could take a lot more pain than this and still keep going.

"Sir, it took me some time to brief my replacement."

"Sir, I'll take your analogy about the web one step further."

Sir, it took him years really, to get over it.

"Sir, I'll take you to that training room," another sailor said.

Sir, I can take no knowledge That they are yours, but by public means.

Florence said, "Yes, sir," and took herself out of the room.

"Sir," he said, "I've taken a bottle of orange water up to your place as a present."