Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [prep] the hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 2 | She takes me by the hand , but stops , and kisses Bob straight on the lips . |
| 3 | In the late evenings his mother would take him by the hand for walks , and would play the concertina to him when they got home . |
| 4 | They hugged each other , and then taking me by the hand we went into the street and made our way home . |
| 5 | Jerry and Anna stood watching the swaying elephants in complete fascination , and Sam took me by the hand across to the cage of a huge lion . |
| 6 | He took me by the hand |
| 7 | A woman hurried over to me and took me by the hand . |
| 8 | Mrs Donnan came and took me by the hand . |
| 9 | Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons . |
| 10 | Not like the covenant which I made when I took them by the hand To bring them out of the land of Egypt — my covenant which they broke Although I was a husband to them , says the Lord . |
| 11 | ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain . |
| 12 | A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand . |
| 13 | Before , he had always been rather frightening but now he looked pathetic with his tear-stained cheeks , grieving eyes and red gaping mouth which could only make gurgling sounds as Benjamin took him by the hand and tried to convey his condolences . |
| 14 | She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones . |
| 15 | At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway . |
| 16 | Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan . |
| 17 | I took her by the hand and stepped into the water . |
| 18 | Her nanny had other ideas and took her by the hand . |
| 19 | The Doctor jumped up and took her by the hand . |
| 20 | He looked momentarily surprised and then , after throwing Luke a somewhat triumphant look , he smiled and took her by the hand , and led her through into the living-room . |
| 21 | ‘ Come on , ’ he said , and took her by the hand . |
| 22 | Melanie took her by the hand and drew her inside . |
| 23 | It was time to gird up my loins , the way the black skirts and white garotte of the preacher 's collar had boomed when my grandmother-who-was-not had taken me by the hand to church so many times . |
| 24 | ‘ 1 , Yahweh , have called you to serve the cause of right ; I have taken you by the hand and formed you ; I have appointed you as covenant of the people and light of the nations . |
| 25 | We take them by the hand . |
| 26 | And , as they 're all around us , in everything from Carter 's Glitter Band singalongs to The Orb 's concept albums — and ‘ Tubular Bells II ’ ! — let DAVID QUANTICK , ANDREW COLLINS and DANNY KELLY take you by the hand and lead you through The Decade That Said ‘ Nice One Cyril ’ — and got away with it ! |
| 27 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |