Example sentences of "he took [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took him to a room in which was H. W. Hall , a solicitor . |
| 2 | He took him to a room behind the stage . |
| 3 | He took him to a long narrow room in the cellars of the law courts , where phone-taps were carried out . |
| 4 | Louise was on a normal double decker bus with over thirty of her schoolfriends when the driver appeared to be angered by their continually ringing the bell ; so much so that he took them on a six mile detour . |
| 5 | Hope had sent for Burkett : when the man and his daughter arrived , he took them to a quiet corner of the yard . |
| 6 | He took them for a test drive and then Mrs Lomax drove , a little jerkily until she got more used to the Glory . |
| 7 | He took them for a stroll along the banks of the stream . |
| 8 | He took them by a tortuous route to a pub called The Black Dog , which made a change from horses and pookas , until she recollected uneasily that a black dog was one of the devil 's traditional earthly disguises . |
| 9 | He took her on a tour of the city , and she enthused over the faded glories of Georgian architecture and the charm of the bridges spanning the river Liffey . |
| 10 | As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . |
| 11 | Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club . |
| 12 | He took her to a club in Camden Town , a dark cellar where a jazz quintet played hypnotic Chicago blues and where the pale faces of London 's night people were lit by candles as they drank , smoked and laughed . |
| 13 | He took her to a tiny cafe in the industrial suburbs , an area of Paris that Isobel had never visited before . |
| 14 | He took her to a graveyard high on the slope behind the house . |
| 15 | He took her to a Forest Hill bedsit where he repeatedly raped her before releasing her . |
| 16 | He took her to a surprisingly small room furnished with dark leather sofas and lit by harsh gas light . |
| 17 | For instance , he took her to a newly opened Greek restaurant , and introduced her to the delights of something called Baklava Syrien , which , having a sweet tooth , she very much enjoyed — although he managed simultaneously to annoy her by various highly irritating remarks about the way in which West Indians eat Kit-e-Kat , and by a joke about a man in a Chinese restaurant who found a finger in his Chinese soup . |
| 18 | He took her to a small farmhouse , and hid her in the bam . |
| 19 | He took her to a rather smart Italian restaurant full of intimate little tables far too close together for private conversation . |
| 20 | He took her to a cool shady room with a large bed , the venetian blinds closed , thin silky curtains from floor to ceiling and a fan swishing gently . |
| 21 | He took her to a house in Gloucester but gave himself up after police surrounded the property . |
| 22 | He did n't understand but he heard the word ‘ spider ’ and laughed , and she laughed too , until she saw how the light slid over his cheekbones and dropped luminous on his hair like Ember 's , then she was crying into the warmth of his shoulder and he took her through a linden-scented night to a place where her tangled feelings speared through tawdry lust into oblivion where she was n't alone . |
| 23 | Then he took her into a long flat-roofed building like a small aircraft hangar . |
| 24 | He took her into a little recess aside |
| 25 | One evening , he took her into a side room at the theatre to emphasize just how bad and terrible and boring he thought it all was . |
| 26 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 27 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 28 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 29 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 30 | He took me as a child to the sights |