Example sentences of "[vb past] take them [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels .
2 The whore went to take them from the child .
3 She expected to take them through the process several times , demonstrating the skills and strategies involved , and gradually increasing the amount which they were able to tackle independently , before they could manage by themselves .
4 Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town .
5 Nicola had taken them off the path and into a dense part of the wood .
6 At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room .
7 Once she had taken them to the cinema and Oliver had been sick with excitement and ice-cream .
8 Less than half an hour had taken them to the motorway ; after that it was easy — they were heading north .
9 The bracelet not only made them fly , but had taken them to the moon .
10 After he had slept in the same sheets for six months Nails had taken them to the launderette , and now he had discovered a few things like that , which helped , which was more than his dad ever had .
11 But they told their grand father that they had seen the god , and that he had taken them to the mountain-top .
12 I had taken them to the meeting .
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