Example sentences of "[pers pn] took he " in BNC.

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1 I took him in and watched as he studied it .
2 He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed .
3 I took him into my garden .
4 ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well .
5 I took him at his word .
6 Before I took him as a patient , I watched many of his fight films .
7 I took him to a nearby café .
8 he had six sisters an' a brither an' he wouldna stay wi' any o'them , cause he wanted to stay wi'me , so I took him in .
9 For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply .
10 Later , I took him riding through the woods .
11 I took him up to Toftingall , attached a long rope to his collar , waded out , placed him afloat and then hauled him ashore , head first .
12 I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’
13 With deliberate irony I took him to Lock 's in St James 's Street , the most aristocratic hat-maker in London .
14 P. E. A man dropped dead in front of me on the street and I took him to the mortuary and I got into trouble over it because I did n't search the body properly .
15 I took him round to Cheapside and booked him for being drunk and disorderly .
16 I took him home in triumph and left him overnight in the porch , intending to record his vital statistics before turning him into fish pie .
17 I took him to the ‘ Tally 's ’ ( ice-cream shop ) at the corner of our street and Bedford Street — and bought him a large cone .
18 Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up .
19 Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’
20 I took him to the Savoy Hotel .
21 I took him around the garden and told him simply , in the hope that it would feed through to the Romanian government , that we were making the most enormous efforts to try to break this COCOM problem .
22 After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio .
23 I took him to about twenty houses and had made love to him on the splintery boards of about half of them before he decided that this was not a suitable town for his mother to live in — too quiet , too far from London — and the estate agent , whose car had been left standing in leafy side-streets for too many unprofitable hours , gave me a week 's wages and said he thought another job might suit me better .
24 I took him on myself .
25 I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep .
26 And on the Dixon fight , the British , European and Commonwealth champion said : ‘ I gave him a taste but he got a bit feisty by trying to hit me back and I took him out .
27 One of my friends was at Sherborne and speaks very posh — I took him back to my place for a drink one day and my dad was going , ‘ Dennis , listen to Tim , listen — go on , talk , say something ’ and my friend says , ‘ Well I do n't know what to say really , Mr Waterman , ’ and my dad says to me , ‘ Why do n't you talk like that , you could make a fortune . ’
28 I took him into the hangar where the kites were and stroked his uniform , I kissed his insignia , Then I found out how far his freckles went down , I got him so worked up he 'd have promised me anything to let him do it to me That was really how he saw it , it was something he wanted to do to a girl .
29 As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 .
30 I took him to the St Petersburg library , let him show me pictures of the uniforms .
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