Example sentences of "took he at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took him at his word . |
| 2 | His knights took him at his word . |
| 3 | Her father 's work took him at least as far as Shalstone , Buckinghamshire , and her own work took her as far as Edgcote on the Oxfordshire border . |
| 4 | Corbett could only shout at Ranulf to stay and do nothing before Selkirk took him at a canter out of the abbey . |
| 5 | The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word . |
| 6 | My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years . |
| 7 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 8 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 9 | He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth . |
| 10 | The villagers , however , took him at his word , only too willing to dump their scruffy-arsed offspring on him between the hours of ten and five . |