Example sentences of "[pron] took them [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’
2 And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go .
3 She took them through the square hall into a sitting-room and offered them sherry .
4 While the aircraft was unloaded the crew was spirited away by car through the back roads of the airport by a civilian with a machine-gun , who took them to the old Sheraton Hotel and offered them cakes and coffee .
5 Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner .
6 He took them through the cavernous littered kitchen , where an old woman in a grey shawl was mixing something in a basin on the table , and down the dark passage to the studio .
7 It took them until the 100th minute of an enthralling Rumbelows Cup semi-final second leg to finally break down Spurs ' gallant resistance as former Cobh Ramblers player Keane met Gary Crosby 's corner to beat Erik Thorstvedt with a thumping header .
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