Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] taken him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
2 | I could have taken him to task about how he was defining ‘ agree ’ and ‘ honest ’ , but just somehow did n't . |
3 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
4 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
5 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
6 | ‘ Because the flight path he was following when we first located him would have taken him to Ankara in Turkey , or some place pretty close by . |
7 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
8 | From there , two or three strides would have taken him over the edge and into oblivion . |
9 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
10 | This would have taken him into working-class black dance-halls , bars , churches : more generally , by extension , into the whole network of subterranean currents beneath the bland surface of the metropolitan American musical mainstream . |