Example sentences of "took they [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall .
2 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 .
3 The young clerk , Buckingham , now dressed more festively , the funerals being over , took them up to the first floor , then up more stairs to the second storey of the house .
4 And so Mister Johnny took them up through the dark yew trees , carrying the goose and holding Nick 's hand .
5 Juliet made a hot drink for them both , and took them through to the sitting-room .
6 England got the all-important shot that took them through to the final which they lost 19-8 to Ireland .
7 Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations .
8 So Tom took them along past the new Pump House , the old Turkeycock School and down Main Street to the ancient Sand Gate .
9 X-rays were taken there and then and resisting the temptation to open the package , I took them back to the consulting room .
10 ‘ They took them back to the barracks in the Bazaar .
11 He paid for the drinks and took them back to the others .
12 I could not find a piece big enough , so I bought two smaller pieces and took them back to the dacha .
13 Their path took them down beyond the Technical College and the School of Art building , where Buddie and two of his sisters posed as living models for the students .
14 The steward took them down beyond the Great Hall into a vast , stone-flagged kitchen .
15 I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop .
16 He took them down to the station and sent them off to London by passenger train .
17 When they boarded the glittering red , gold and green floating restaurant , the maître d ’ took them down to the fresh fish display in the base .
18 Gaily selected the tools and took them off down the path to the back-gate .
19 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 .
20 She wrapped them up in a parcel and took them out to the dustbin .
21 JoJo stood up and took them out to the kitchen .
22 I helped to milk the cows and then took them out to the field .
23 ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next .
24 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 .
25 Then she carried the basket to the washing line and unpegged the clothes rapidly , chucking them down in a windblown tangle ( Ella folded things as she took them out of the tumble drier .
26 John the Fletcher took them out of the water and out of his power for a while , but do you think a man like Isambard would ever forget or forgive the crossing of his decree ?
27 They took them out of the war yes because er the allies dropped these two bombs on these two Japanese cities
28 She took them in during the day and I went off to Bartle 's — that 's the engineering factory in Brick Lane .
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