Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 2 | Afterwards Aunt Louise came and took me to her room , leading the way up a strange little creaking curving staircase . |
| 3 | They took me to their captain . |
| 4 | I have toured France with my girlfriend in it , it took me to my brother 's wedding . |
| 5 | He took me to my room but did n't offer to help me further . |
| 6 | Every Friday the teacher took me to my father 's room . |
| 7 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 8 | But he did n't live at that address and eventually he took me to his own home . |
| 9 | Don Bower , the inventor and manufacturer of this material , recently took me to his test slope near Whitstable in Kent . |
| 10 | ‘ He took me to his hotel for dinner then spent the first half of the evening trying to get me drunk and the second half trying to get me upstairs . ’ |
| 11 | He took me to his flat which was quite high up . |
| 12 | Another afternoon she took me with her to deliver the knitted garments . |
| 13 | It was in this frame of mind that Jean-Claude took me with him to view the piano . |
| 14 | My master liked to go fishing in a little boat , and he always took me with him . |
| 15 | ‘ But something had returned to the earth , and it took me with it . |
| 16 | We were broke , so I accepted , and Dana took me on his bike to and fro from Bath to Corsham throughout the next six weeks . |
| 17 | But Uncle Bill always took me on his knee and cuddled me when I said I was afraid of Captain . |
| 18 | He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story . |
| 19 | I was n't there — a neighbour took me into her room while … |
| 20 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 21 | Lady Eleanor took me into her confidence and told me how every day , late in the evening , she went down there to see if another letter had been left . ’ |
| 22 | Dustin introduced Livings to his business manager , the London boxing promoter Jarvis Astaire , ‘ who took me into his offices , ’ recalled Livings , ‘ and en passant introduced me to a chap standing at a window ledge in a corridor , typing : ‘ This is one of our writers ’ , says he . |
| 23 | Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil . |
| 24 | ‘ Those books belong to the kind old gentleman who took me into his home . |
| 25 | ‘ The man took me into his confidence . |
| 26 | She took me into my brother 's room , he had n't come back yet . |
| 27 | For when I was hungry , you gave me food ; when thirsty , you gave me drink ; when I was a stranger you took me into your home , when naked you clothed me ; when I was ill you came to my help , when in prison you visited me . ’ |
| 28 | She urged me to go with her to concerts and the theatre , and took me as her guest to the Edinburgh International Club which , owing to the presence of so many servicemen from overseas , was then an active and flourishing society . |
| 29 | ‘ They took me off her |
| 30 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |