Example sentences of "[prep] taking her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam escorted Elinor to the elevator ; after taking her to her bedroom , he intended to go to the beach for a swim . |
| 2 | Michael Stott , 40 , beamed with pride after taking her by surprise and snatching the kiss . |
| 3 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |
| 4 | Any question of taking her into Penzance had to be abandoned and Harriet went off alone to do the weekly shopping , thankful to be able to leave Edna in charge of Celia and trying not to feel guilty that she actually preferred such expeditions without her daughter 's company . |
| 5 | She felt that the ‘ on — off ’ nature of their relationship — when he was here today but not tomorrow , or even the next day — was all part of Nicky 's habit of taking her for granted . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , she was both surprised and touched when , with an obvious effort , he said that he would be in London at the weekend and wondered if he might have the pleasure of taking her out to lunch . |
| 7 | He was a strange man , still lonely in spite of taking her for his wife , and kept his own counsel , never discussing his thoughts with her , keeping his troubles deep , and always ensuring that she had whatever she needed . |
| 8 | I was seriously thinking of taking her back . ’ |
| 9 | Tess manages to infiltrate the world of high finance with a fabulous proposal that has the potential of taking her to the top . |
| 10 | Christ , there 's no other way of taking her . ’ |
| 11 | The managements were very wary of taking her on , of course . |
| 12 | I was n't thinking of taking her there , I was thinking of taking you ! |
| 13 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 14 | The gipsy encampment was probably closer , but he decided against taking her there . |
| 15 | Ian 's kid sister , who was playing mothers and fathers with her friends in the crawl space under the porch , said it was marvellous , so they had to be content with this infant praise and with taking her and her mud-covered friends for a ride round the block . |
| 16 | But I do because I combine it with taking her [ the child ] for a walk . |
| 17 | The Kitty Kat Club would n't allow an unescorted woman inside , so Jacqui inveigled her next date into taking her . |
| 18 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 19 | Rain had no clear idea what to do with her , apart from taking her to the Villa Fiesole , and she was already seeing the warped logic of Edouard 's argument : Barbara Coleman might be safer where she was . |
| 20 | He was unprepared for the pain the room gave him , the fierce memory of the last time he had been here , when only that impulse of chivalry , or folly , had prevented him from taking her , as he could have done , from making her his own instead of handing her over to whoever had got her now . |
| 21 | She made no attempt to prevent him from taking her into his arms , gave no sign that she knew of his presence . |
| 22 | The court 's hearings were in private , but the judgment revealed that the Attorney General , Harold Whelehan , had obtained a temporary injunction on Feb. 7 preventing the parents of the girl from taking her to the UK for an operation . |
| 23 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 24 | Police spent three hours persuading her to leave the car before taking her for counselling at a police station . |
| 25 | Now Mr and Mrs Jones believe it is easier not to press and to wait until she falls asleep on the settee before taking her to bed ( usually about 11 pm ) . |
| 26 | The men who stopped her had done a lot of talking on their radio before taking her to their police station . |
| 27 | She held out her hand and he looked at her , his amber eyes serious , before taking her in his arms . |
| 28 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 29 | So everyone was terribly surprised , except for the instructor , when Evelyn 's pony shot out of the ring at an extended trot and succeeded in taking her all the way back to the stables ! |
| 30 | Finally , he swore and said she was a bad wife and if another woman of greater warmth came his way , no one could accuse him of adultery in taking her . |