Example sentences of "[noun sg] took [pers pn] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolby seemed to have buttered up all the Devenishes for what he could get : the father took him into the firm and launched him on his career ; Clare darned his socks and cooked him meals ; and Hubert — if Henry was right — had put some business his way . |
| 2 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 3 | A maid took me into the sitting room , where a very pretty lady with dark hair was working at a typewriter . |
| 4 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 5 | A steady rise up the legal ladder took him into the commercial law field and a range of broader experience as a member of both the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( 1966 to 1969 ) and a legal member of the mental health tribunal for 22 years until 1982 . |
| 6 | If the child woke and cried at night , sleepy Rose took her into the warmth of the big bed 's flannel sheets , opened her nightdress to her . |
| 7 | Lydersen again had a hand in Arsenal 's second goal in the 46th minute when his long clearance found Campbell whose awesome power took him into the box to beat Norwich 's former Tottenham goalkeeper Walton at the near post . |
| 8 | After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books . |