Example sentences of "they take [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
2 | They took them out of the war yes because er the allies dropped these two bombs on these two Japanese cities |
3 | ‘ They took them back to the barracks in the Bazaar . |
4 | They took me down to the labour room . |
5 | They took me down to the labour ward and offered me a sedative to help me sleep . |
6 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said , in a conversational tone , ‘ then they took me down to the morgue . ’ |
7 | Joe recalls : ‘ When it was all over they took me back to the room , chained me up , and that was the very last I ever heard of it . |
8 | The Men came for me where I huddled in the marram grass and they took me back to the low cage . |
9 | ‘ That night , they took me out into the desert and beat me . |
10 | They took me out with the wounded . |
11 | Lizzy was so far gone by this time that she just smiled at them as they took her out to the meat wagon . |
12 | They took us back into the main passageway , past the hall and into a small chamber where Gavin Douglas , Earl of Angus , whom I had glimpsed during the banquet , now lounged in a chair . |
13 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
14 | ‘ They took you out of the truck ? ’ |
15 | ‘ They took it over to the rose-bed under her window and the marks corresponded . |
16 | Well just , just a final point , would it be worthwhile er informing the District Council of the history of the site , Chairman , because they may not be aware , as the , as the new owners of the site , they took it over from the Southwell District Council on reorganization . |
17 | In the end I bullied Andy , I said , Andy there is something fishy about this fire he said well it 's possible he said that it was erm a display model and every time anybody came in and needed a replacement part instead of sending for the part they took it out of the display model ! |
18 | So everything that would hold water was put on the stove and er he did and then it they took it out to the |
19 | They took it down to the burning gha where two rivers meet in a rolling pool of green and white , and where at night the restless spirits of the dead wall to the roar of the crashing waters . |
20 | sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way . |
21 | And as there is n't an Inquisition any more , they take it out on the horses . |
22 | When anything like this happens in Waldron City everybody starts shouting for action , and as they have n't much idea just what kind of action they expect they take it out on the administration , and that means Wilson . |