Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] took [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street ! |
| 2 | The car took us to the Monument , and then we saw the Worm . ’ |
| 3 | With military-style precision , one gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France where at least four others were waiting . |
| 4 | One gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France in Toulon , France , where four others were waiting . |
| 5 | The taxi took him through the city and up into the countryside beyond the lake , where the Amner clinic commanded its famous views . |
| 6 | The taxi took her to the airport . |
| 7 | Tolby seemed to have buttered up all the Devenishes for what he could get : the father took him into the firm and launched him on his career ; Clare darned his socks and cooked him meals ; and Hubert — if Henry was right — had put some business his way . |
| 8 | Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod . |
| 9 | The road took them between the old splendour of the Khulafa and the Gailani mosques , and across the railway track that wound half the length of the country to Arbil , and out through Housing Project Number Ten , and through the concretescape of Saddam City , the Chairman 's way of marking the end of the Iranian war . |
| 10 | A five minute rough walk in the moonlight took him to the top of the shingle ridge . |
| 11 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 12 | ‘ How very different from Spain' was Dana 's first comment as the bus took us from the station to Avondale Buildings . |
| 13 | The quarry took her by the scruff of her neck , and shoved her face into the screen . |
| 14 | This first ‘ phase ’ of the trip took us to the caves of Mulu National Park and Gunung Mulu mountain . |
| 15 | The elevator took her to the top floor of the highrise that housed the health club with its big swimming-pool , Jacuzzi , sauna , Turkish bath and view of Paris . |
| 16 | A submarine took them to the island and the party made a successful landing in rubber boats . |
| 17 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 18 | A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak 's office , some kilometres north of Sydney . |
| 19 | But the Cup defeat brought out the team 's fighting qualities , and a resurgence took them to the League Championship with 58 points , four ahead of Aston Villa , and with 118 goals . |
| 20 | A hand took him by the shoulder and shook him awake , and he started up with a cry , for a moment not knowing where he was or what was happening to him . |
| 21 | A maid took me into the sitting room , where a very pretty lady with dark hair was working at a typewriter . |
| 22 | I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 . |