Example sentences of "[noun] he took [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy . |
| 2 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 3 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 4 | I 'm not the fool he took me for ! ’ |
| 5 | She held out her hand , and after a second he took it . |
| 6 | But the place he took me to after lunch , the Colegio Ponce de Leon , where I was supposed to have rooms , was a rather stark student hostel , and my little room was very small , with just a narrow bed , a table and a chair . |
| 7 | He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings . |
| 8 | On my first day in the job he took me into the director 's Portakabin , put his arm around me and , showing me the empty trophy case , said ‘ Your job , Les , is to fill that cabinet before I die . ’ |
| 9 | The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’ |
| 10 | One day he took me aside and left me with the designer , a nervous girl who always wore black . |
| 11 | He went to see her that day he took you to the airport . |
| 12 | Sure I d I mean the day he took us , took us all out for dinner |
| 13 | She only remembered that right from the beginning he took her with him , and it was she who was sent to the doors to ask politely if they had anything to sell . |
| 14 | In the event he took her round the Baia Sardinia , a stretch of dancing turquoise water nestling in the embrace of a tumbling rugged coast . |
| 15 | ‘ Not in so many words , but until a month or two back he took it for granted that the business would come to him . |
| 16 | THE very first night he took her out , Frank Ableson proposed to his wife , Stella . |
| 17 | At any rate he took it sufficiently seriously to be anxious to resign and retreat to Worcestershire immediately , without waiting to see what forces might crystallize around him , and to make tentative plans for spending the winter abroad . |
| 18 | Every Saturday morning he took her shopping with him , and this ritual became very important to her . |
| 19 | The next morning he took us to the place where the evil Sir Hugo died . |
| 20 | When someone told Joe Mahoney he looked like Winston he took it very seriously . |
| 21 | To her relief he took it and did as he was bid . |
| 22 | No he used to , I know who , Dawn , he used to take me sometimes and a couple of times he took me up to the and he used to say to me and what would you take for starters so I always said well I always like erm prawn cocktail |
| 23 | I used to live in Brixton but then it was so sentimental last night because John Major he took us all round there because that 's where he comes from you see |
| 24 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
| 25 | Becoming very attached to this curious animal he took it on extensive travels until its death . |
| 26 | On their third date he took her back to his surgery and raped her . |
| 27 | So er we were introduced and the first time he took me out er he proposed to me but it , it , it took me six months to make my mind up . |
| 28 | His life would be a charade , for every time he took her in his arms he would see the face of the girl now smiling at him in a way which lit fires in his heart . |
| 29 | That morning Dad told his favourite story again , the story of his drive along the coast with Kay , only this time he took it one stage further , down from the cliffs and into the house . |
| 30 | After dinner he took us to the Royal College of Art , where he seemed proud to be an honorary member of the faculty club and students ' union . |