Example sentences of "and take he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Even when he makes mistakes he does it in a way that still brings results and takes him over the gain line .
2 and takes him from the hospital up to Southwold .
3 Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity .
4 ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain .
5 ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside .
6 He let in the estate agent and took him over the house , into the drawing room and the dining room , upstairs to the Pincushion Room , the Centaur Room , the Room of Astonishment , the Deathbed Room , the Room Without a Name , and then back down the back stairs to that jumble of kitchens and scullery and washhouse and coal-store , most of it a nineteenth century addition .
7 Jekyll 's servant , Poole , let him in at once and took him through the kitchen and across the back garden to the laboratory behind the house .
8 Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea .
9 I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting .
10 And somebody was following , a colleague was following , saw it happen , stopped and helped him sort of do what you 've got to do to get the man 's address and this sort of thing , make sure the car was alright , and took him into the office .
11 He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’
12 She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank .
13 He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea .
14 Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No .
15 The sailors carried him carefully on to the ship , and took him to the Captain , who said :
16 Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink .
17 Kath snapped instructions to everyone , and Amy wheeled Mr Thompson out and took him to the interview-room .
18 When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement .
19 ‘ The Protection Police arrived and took him off the Otso .
20 A waitress picked him up and took him round the restaurant .
21 Paul did not , or affected not to , hear her and Erika walked across the yard and took him by the elbow .
22 A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand .
23 He reached for Pie and took him by the throat .
24 At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway .
25 If he 's sick , I treat him , and take him to the vet if he 's real bad .
26 He had pleaded with his mother not to make him go to school , but she had insisted , saying that she would pick him up at the end of the day and take him to the hospital , and that he was to ‘ keep busy ’ .
27 But I think I 'll know how to dig him out and take him in the later rounds . ’
28 and then give him a game and take his mind off it , and take him in the kitchen give him
29 If he woke up , I 'd feed him and take him around the block until he dropped off again . ’
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