Example sentences of "took her [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 With interest , that took her beyond the £55,000 offer which the police force had made in June 1991 to settle the case .
2 But it altered when John took her down the hill to her tramstop .
3 So he took her down the hill again .
4 Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street !
5 She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees .
6 Well they took her at the there was a I was gon na give one .
7 Next day she called again , and then the ‘ witch ’ took her into the kitchen and showed her what she had been making all that morning — toffee-apples !
8 We talked a little till her cries took her into the little theatre .
9 He took her into the sitting room , which Daisy was comforted to see was absolute hell — far too much eau-de-Nil and yellow and ghastly paintings of polo matches interspersed with some excellent watercolours .
10 He took her into the next room , performed a little pantomime of swivelling hips and stormy eyes , then wrapped his arm around her .
11 At three-thirty Kattina appeared , and stepped into a taxi which took her into the bustling centre of Cairo .
12 Boldwood took her into the house , and the door closed behind them .
13 They took her into the living room and put her down on a sofa .
14 If the child woke and cried at night , sleepy Rose took her into the warmth of the big bed 's flannel sheets , opened her nightdress to her .
15 ’ We stopped her and took her into the back room where we found she was n't fat at all .
16 For now she stuck to the road which took her to the right , towards the sea .
17 The elevator took her to the top floor of the highrise that housed the health club with its big swimming-pool , Jacuzzi , sauna , Turkish bath and view of Paris .
18 Her near nervous breakdown , which took her to the brink of giving up all she had worked for in showbusiness , was all the more surprising to outsiders given it happened in her native Australia .
19 PC Hudson arrested the weeping girl straightaway , and took her to the Reading workhouse .
20 He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady .
21 He took her to the balustrade .
22 THE gritty determination that took her to the top as Coronation Street 's Ivy has always been there .
23 ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale .
24 The other moments I will treasure were the near-perfect serving of Michael Stich in his first Wimbledon final against Boris Becker , which puts a new and totally unexpected name on that historic trophy ; the charmless street-fighter qualities of Monica Seles which nevertheless took her to the number one spot in the world while showing total contempt for most of the accepted standards of behaviour that should belong to a champion ; and finally the conversion of Andre Agassi from teenage rebel to near-establishment idol at Wimbledon , where he appeared in shining white and won the hearts not only of his adoring army of fans , but also of most of the middle-age traditionalists .
25 Once outside he linked arms with her and took her to the little pub that the station staff used .
26 He took her to the Regal Arms Hotel .
27 Her half-sister took her to the police .
28 Madame took her to the City Library in Nîmes , a gaunt , dark building with high shutters behind grilles and dusty leather books , ceiling high .
29 They took her to the Palais des Papes in Avignon where , on a warm evening , they saw a floodlit trench production of Macbeth , the Théâtre Nationale Populaire , with Jean Vilar , drawn and romantic , more damned troubadour than Scots butcher , and Maria Casares , whitely elegant and frenzied , washing blood from her hands whilst angelic trumpets shrilled from high battlements .
30 Two half-run strides took her to the only way out : the lift .
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