Example sentences of "took [pers pn] at [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was not for that generation to complain if the inhabitants of India and of the dependent colonies took them at their word , albeit a mistaken word : the myth of an Empire exploited by the United Kingdom was a plant which grew in the same soil as the myth of an Empire that alone secured ‘ adequate prosperity ’ to the forty or fifty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | So I took them at their word and phoned them up . |
| 3 | I took him at his word . |
| 4 | His knights took him at his word . |
| 5 | The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word . |
| 6 | My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years . |
| 7 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 8 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 9 | The villagers , however , took him at his word , only too willing to dump their scruffy-arsed offspring on him between the hours of ten and five . |
| 10 | Josie waved toward the refrigerator and Lucy took her at her word , beginning with a plate of leftover ham . |
| 11 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 12 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |