Example sentences of "[noun sg] take him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 2 | When he moved to Battersea his route to work took him past the factory every day . |
| 3 | Her toecap took him under the chin , close to the throat . |
| 4 | The taxi took him through the city and up into the countryside beyond the lake , where the Amner clinic commanded its famous views . |
| 5 | I persuaded Chester to cash in his Trustees account after agreeing to pay five quid for the taxi to take him to the bank . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 8 | A long right arm as hard as steel took him about the body , prisoning his left arm above the elbow , and the grazed breast leaned violently over him and broke his balance . |
| 9 | His Mum took him by the shoulders and turned him to face her . |
| 10 | His route took him past the City of Dreams . |
| 11 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 12 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 13 | A five minute rough walk in the moonlight took him to the top of the shingle ridge . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Malik 's brilliant form took him to the top of the table for the tour with a total of 1,184 runs . |
| 16 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Maurin asked the taxi driver to take him to the museum yesterday . |
| 18 | A key part of the prince 's trip took him to the logistics base Camp Redoubt , set up on a tortuous mountain pass between Vitez in central Bosnia and Tomislavgrad near the Croatian border . |
| 19 | His final campaign photo-opportunity took him to the North-West and the Accrington Brick and Tile Company . |
| 20 | JTR made merry at Gress where breakfast was waiting and congenial company took him along the coastline to caves that , because of lack of stamina on my part , were never redrawn . |
| 21 | Damiani senior maintained a chauffeur to take him round the family olive groves . |
| 22 | Lydersen again had a hand in Arsenal 's second goal in the 46th minute when his long clearance found Campbell whose awesome power took him into the box to beat Norwich 's former Tottenham goalkeeper Walton at the near post . |