Example sentences of "and took [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 4 | His 10,000-mile electoral odyssey , which started in Mrs Thatcher 's birthplace of Grantham and took him to more than 60 constituencies , finally brought him to Dulwich , just up the road from his predecessor 's Prime Ministerial bolthole . |
| 5 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 6 | On that Tuesday morning my mother came with the doctor and took him to a spare bedroom , leaving the door ajar . |
| 7 | Dustin never forgot the importance of Henry Livings 's play in his career , and many years later , when he was making Agatha in England , he sought the modest playwright out and took him to lunch at a smart restaurant . |
| 8 | In August 1582 Protestant lords under the' Earl of Gowrie kidnapped James while he was hunting near Perth , and took him to Gowrie 's castle of Ruthven outside the town . |
| 9 | The boy helped Oliver to his feet , and took him to a pub . |
| 10 | In 798 Cenwulf attacked it , captured Eadbert , and took him to Mercia , where his eyes were put out and his hands amputated . |
| 11 | The sailors carried him carefully on to the ship , and took him to the Captain , who said : |
| 12 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 13 | Ken bought him a train ticket , put some cash in his hand and took him to a nearby restaurant |
| 14 | Kath snapped instructions to everyone , and Amy wheeled Mr Thompson out and took him to the interview-room . |
| 15 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
| 16 | Ledwith and Crothers were described as window cleaners , and it was alleged that while one of them was inside a telephone box and the other was outside , P. C.s Roberts and Pearce arrested them and took them to the Bridewell . |
| 17 | After the church ceremony , a horse and carriage waited for the newlyweds and took them to their reception , where an entertainer was waiting in the wings to take the children off the adults ' hands . |
| 18 | The tablets she found later and took them to the Social Work Department to be sent to the child . |
| 19 | His mother was buried not far off , and as a kind of atonement , on the day of his appointment he bought a bunch of asters and took them to the grave , laying them on the bare earth . |
| 20 | Members of the Colchester Colne Round Table Club collected the party of eight-to-12-year-olds from the Greenstead estate by minibus and took them to the Wilson Marriage Centre in Barrack Street . |
| 21 | The inspector removed the cats and took them to the RSPCA home in Martlesham . |
| 22 | He picked up the tray of tea things and took them to the kitchen where he glanced at the clock . |
| 23 | The following morning I put the loose pieces in my bag and took them to school . |
| 24 | But they took what few they 'd got left on our regiment to Ireland so nobody else 'd desert , while they rounded the others up and took them to Ireland you see . |
| 25 | Probing with his narrow hands he located the organs he sought , and , using another slender knife , dislodged and withdrew them , handing them to his assistant , who placed them in bronze trays and took them to another table where he covered them with natron salt , to dry and preserve them ready for the four jars which would stand in a chest at the head of the coffin . |
| 26 | Instead he went into his own church , secured the door , lit candles and took them to his small carrel where he placed his writing tray . |
| 27 | ‘ So , ’ he was saying to the Prince 's chauffeur as Owen arrived , ‘ you picked the two girls up from the salon and took them to the river at Beni Suef ? ’ |
| 28 | American game giants , Nintendo cried foul and took them to court in an attempt to ban Game Genie sales in America . |
| 29 | THIEVES stole drugs from a doctor 's surgery and took them to a Middlesbrough man who could identify them with a handbook , a court heard . |
| 30 | He searched through the desk for various necessary documents that the bureaucratic world would demand to see now that he was returning to it , and took them to the suitcase in the bedroom , together with his agent 's letter . |