Example sentences of "[coord] took [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zacco raised his hand from his sword and took Nicholas by the face in hard fingers . |
| 2 | He reached out and took Tabitha by the arm . |
| 3 | At that moment a policeman arrived and took Oliver by the collar . |
| 4 | He leaned down and took Piper by the shirtfront , hauling him upright then turning the man and running him backwards across the room . |
| 5 | At last a man with silvery smiling eyes in a brown face introduced himself as Luiz Santana , husband of Clem 's twin , Charity , and took Leonora into the dining-room when Clem was called away to great more arrivals . |