Example sentences of "and took [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window . |
| 2 | He settled Francis Morgan down as best he could and took him again through the events of the week before his daughter vanished . |
| 3 | Mr Jarvis grinned and , as she picked up the squirrel and took him over to the recovery cage , he followed and stood watching as she settled her patient down . |
| 4 | Before Corbett could open his mouth , Prince Edward came forward and took him firmly by the hand . |
| 5 | The police considered this and took him down to the station — for tea and sticky buns . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 7 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 8 | The fellow treated Corbett as if he were a Prince of the Blood and took him swiftly into the hall , which an army of servants were now cleaning after the previous night 's banquet . |
| 9 | I remember one time er these barges , old barges when you used to come up there , they ai n't got any engine in 'em at all because now they got motors in 'em , but erm , at that time , I was asleep one night and er these barges had been up , they 'd been down the the engine room , cos the engine room and the stoke hall was all in one and th and then I was so sound asleep they 'd filled the sacks up with coal and took them up over the and took the only thing they did do they did n't take the shovel they 'd used , cos they bought their shovel from off the barge and they left that downhill that 's how they 'd pinched the coal . |
| 10 | Juliet made a hot drink for them both , and took them through to the sitting-room . |
| 11 | Leicester 3 , Barnsley 1 A SECOND successive Gary Mills penalty helped Leicester City to victory and took them well into the promotion play-off frame after an awkward encounter at Filbert Street , writes Henry Morton . |
| 12 | Instead of wasting time hawking his book around the publishing houses , he simply printed up the first three chapters , complete with his own photos and illustrations , and took them out on the streets . |
| 13 | She wrapped them up in a parcel and took them out to the dustbin . |
| 14 | JoJo stood up and took them out to the kitchen . |
| 15 | Needing an outlet for her gathering frustration , she collected the bulbs she had bought in Norwich earlier in the week and took them out into the little garden . |
| 16 | Gaily selected the tools and took them off down the path to the back-gate . |
| 17 | He paid for the drinks and took them back to the others . |
| 18 | I could not find a piece big enough , so I bought two smaller pieces and took them back to the dacha . |
| 19 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 20 | Her mummy , drawn by the noise , ran out of the tent , and seeing what had happened put her arms round her to comfort her and took her back into the tent . |
| 21 | ‘ By the grace of God , yes , ’ he said , and leaned and took her gently by the wrist , but did not force her hand away . |
| 22 | As soon as I saw this , I dialled 999 and took her out to the studio in the stables where I live . |
| 23 | Finally a soldier arrived and took me back to the Star Room . |
| 24 | Having assured himself that he was all alone , he climbed from his bed , entered his dressing-gown and took himself down to the kitchen for the first breakfast of the day . |
| 25 | She entered the kitchen and took herself over to the knife rack above the Aga . |
| 26 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 27 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 28 | Thérèse flew at the washing-up while Léonie clattered coffee and tisane on to the silver tray and took it through into the white salon . |
| 29 | Later , in 1965 , Elvis Presley remembered the ditty and took it back up the charts . |
| 30 | Then , the following night , half-way through a political thriller , he became so restless that he rewound the tape and took it back to the shop ; but the shop was closed . |