Example sentences of "[vb past] taken [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd taken her from the police cells after two days . |
| 2 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 3 | Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool . |
| 4 | Anyway , Mrs Aggie had been very sorry she had struck her and she had taken her into the town and bought her a real new bonnet , although she would allow her to wear it only on a Sunday . |
| 5 | He had taken her to the woods and she sucked his cock and he screwed her on a bed of moss and soft earth . |
| 6 | Soon after he met Marigold he had taken her to the opera to see Die Walküre and afterwards had said without forethought : |
| 7 | Her parents had taken her to the doctor because of breathing problems and after being sent to hospital it was discovered L had extensive bruising across the buttocks . |
| 8 | Her footsteps had taken her to the car park — how , she could n't remember . |
| 9 | Fernando had taken her to the Zarzuela , the Spanish operettas that had taken her breath away . |
| 10 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 11 | And , as the big metal bird had lifted up into the sky , two heavy hands had taken her by the shoulders . |
| 12 | Nicola had taken them off the path and into a dense part of the wood . |
| 13 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 14 | Once she had taken them to the cinema and Oliver had been sick with excitement and ice-cream . |
| 15 | Less than half an hour had taken them to the motorway ; after that it was easy — they were heading north . |
| 16 | The bracelet not only made them fly , but had taken them to the moon . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But they told their grand father that they had seen the god , and that he had taken them to the mountain-top . |
| 19 | I had taken them to the meeting . |
| 20 | He thought of the autumn day fourteen years before when his father had taken him through the hills towards Morar . |
| 21 | Sir Ranulph , 48 , acknowledged that his record-breaking journey had taken him to the limits of his endurance . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Secondly , Sir Angus was barely a year out of the Civil Service after a career which had taken him to the chairmanship of the Customs and Excise . |
| 26 | As a result they had taken him to the police , and then Sommerville had been questioned . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | When they had taken him from the hospital block with his possessions and spare clothes in a cloth sack he had smiled and shaken hands and believed that the flight was close , Berlin he had thought it would be . |