Example sentences of "and take [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Chen wanted to reach out and take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death , but first he had to get hold of the copy and get out with it .
2 Yardley was a golden boy pre-war who achieved almost every prize life and sport had to offer except , probably , the two he craved most : recovering the Ashes from Australia and taking Yorkshire to the County Championship .
3 " What I look like , " Slater said , coming forward and taking Graham by the elbow to continue walking , " is somebody who has discovered an old pair of RAF pilot 's boots at a market stall in Camden . "
4 Zacco raised his hand from his sword and took Nicholas by the face in hard fingers .
5 He reached out and took Tabitha by the arm .
6 At that moment a policeman arrived and took Oliver by the collar .
7 He leaned down and took Piper by the shirtfront , hauling him upright then turning the man and running him backwards across the room .
8 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 .
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