Example sentences of "to take he [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd had persuaded Coleridge to take him as a pupil at £80 a year ; but when his wealthy father , a member of the banking family , insisted that the arrangement could last only for a year , Coleridge 's expectation of a regular income suddenly vanished , and Lloyd eventually settled with him as an occasional lodger , not a pupil . |
| 2 | It does n't cost much for the ships to take him as a passenger , and it keeps him happy . " |
| 3 | Holberg asked Marie to take him across the water and he left a note about that meeting in his eighty-seventh Epistle . |
| 4 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 5 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 6 | Well I mean there was an incidence where erm maybe a guy who did n't clean himself very often they would er a whole group of guys would find it funny to take him into the toilet erm fill a bath up with half with water , put bleach in it erm excrete in it , urinate in it and put him in hit , hit him with ba erm brushes , all kinds of stuff like that . |
| 7 | But , of course , I was determined to take him into the company and his first role for us was Tamino in Magic Flute . |
| 8 | ‘ Beside all that , ’ Robert said , ‘ I had to take him into the city , and he was n't real keen — I 'm sure he prefers Sydney to London . ’ |
| 9 | He once broke off a phone call saying the police were waiting to take him on a tour of one of their up-to-date rape suites . |
| 10 | If the hon. Member for Leicester , South ( Mr. Marshall ) would like to accompany me in the new year , I should be only too happy to take him on a tour and show him just how much is happening outside Belfast as well as in it . |
| 11 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 12 | any money to take him to a tribunal . |
| 13 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 14 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 15 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 16 | Brain power and horse power is going to take him to the top of the sport . |
| 17 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ Maurin asked the taxi driver to take him to the museum yesterday . |
| 19 | Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so |
| 20 | He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . |
| 21 | Almost every afternoon when Charlie was at school he turned up to take him to the studio to rehearse with his band . |
| 22 | I persuaded Chester to cash in his Trustees account after agreeing to pay five quid for the taxi to take him to the bank . |
| 23 | But his mind was quick , and his memories were all intact ; and the longing never really went away , that awful persistent longing that could find outlet only in frustration and anger , and a wish to do bad things ; to hurt and to insult like he did now while he waited for David to concede defeat and agree to take him to the auction after all . |
| 24 | Wearing a tidy black suit , Palance throws his carpetbag negligently into the back of Jeff Chandler 's buggy which is to take him to the reservation . |
| 25 | As an agriculturist he has to take him in the garden for practical training . |
| 26 | Mr Blunkett needed the cab to take him from an evening meeting in the town to nearby Poulton-le-Fylde — a £9 fare . |
| 27 | Damiani senior maintained a chauffeur to take him round the family olive groves . |