Example sentences of "[noun sg] had take [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He was equally active as admiral , and in the previous year admiralty business had taken him along the south coast , where his presence was noted at Southampton and Lydd .
2 He was equally active as admiral , and in the previous year admiralty business had taken him along the south coast , where his presence was noted at Southampton and Lydd .
3 Frankie had been told to dress in a hurry , and Sweetheart had taken him to the park near the old railway bridge in Horton Park Avenue .
4 The Briton would presumably have also been issued with a name-badge but with a British horror of self-advertisement had taken it off the moment he could .
5 He thought of the autumn day fourteen years before when his father had taken him through the hills towards Morar .
6 Every harvest festival his father had taken him to the Salvation Army hall in Thurso and was generous in his support when the Salvationists needed to rebuild their hall .
7 Sir Ranulph , 48 , acknowledged that his record-breaking journey had taken him to the limits of his endurance .
8 James ' research for this brilliant book had taken him to the archives at Bordeaux , whereupon he discovered that his fellow Trinidadian , Eric Williams , had been there before him .
9 Less than half an hour had taken them to the motorway ; after that it was easy — they were heading north .
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