Example sentences of "took him to the " 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 | His service in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War took him to the Middle East , and there he was able to develop his interest in military architecture through the study of the citadel at Damascus , and the siege of the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers . |
| 3 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 4 | They took him to the cider ward of the local hospital and a week later he was dead . |
| 5 | Pearce pauses for reflection when asked to define the qualities which took him to the top with such apparent ease . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 8 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 9 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 10 | His next posting , in 1975 , took him to the Ministry of Defence , where he remained until his retirement in 1988 . |
| 11 | His final campaign photo-opportunity took him to the North-West and the Accrington Brick and Tile Company . |
| 12 | These journeys took him to the furthest extent of the colonies , from Lake Ontario to Virginia and into the Carolinas and Florida . |
| 13 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 14 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
| 15 | P. E. A man dropped dead in front of me on the street and I took him to the mortuary and I got into trouble over it because I did n't search the body properly . |
| 16 | Took him to the station and routine happened — they had to call the bridewell surgeon and the drunk could call his own doctor , fixing bail and so on . |
| 17 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 18 | He had made contact with various people involved in the field , including myself , and arranged to meet veteran dowser Bill Lewis , who took him to the 12ft ( 4m ) high Llangynidr standing stone near Crickhowell . |
| 19 | I took him to the ‘ Tally 's ’ ( ice-cream shop ) at the corner of our street and Bedford Street — and bought him a large cone . |
| 20 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 21 | In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy . |
| 22 | With military-style precision , one gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France where at least four others were waiting . |
| 23 | One gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France in Toulon , France , where four others were waiting . |
| 24 | I took him to the Savoy Hotel . |
| 25 | Then he received an offer to appear in Return from the River Kwai , which took him to the steaming jungles of the Philippines . |
| 26 | ‘ We took him to the vet , who diagnosed cancer . |
| 27 | A key part of the prince 's trip took him to the logistics base Camp Redoubt , set up on a tortuous mountain pass between Vitez in central Bosnia and Tomislavgrad near the Croatian border . |
| 28 | His first trip , in 1952 , took him to the Korean battlefront . |
| 29 | Sir Edmund Hillary has spent much of his life , and a great deal of the determination that took him to the top of Everest , raising funds to help the Sherpa People of the Nepalese Himalaya . |
| 30 | Since the Trust was founded Hillary has spent much of his life touring around the world raising money , always with the same enthusiasm that once took him to the top of Everest . |