Example sentences of "took him at [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 I took him at his word .
2 His knights took him at his word .
3 The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word .
4 My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years .
5 Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life .
6 She drew back from him and took him at his word .
7 He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth .
8 The villagers , however , took him at his word , only too willing to dump their scruffy-arsed offspring on him between the hours of ten and five .
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