Example sentences of "he took them [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Hope had sent for Burkett : when the man and his daughter arrived , he took them to a quiet corner of the yard .
3 He took them for a test drive and then Mrs Lomax drove , a little jerkily until she got more used to the Glory .
4 He took them for a stroll along the banks of the stream .
5 Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind
6 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 .
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