Example sentences of "he take her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes her to the theatre . ’ |
| 2 | HAMLET , with his doublet all unbraced , no hat upon his head , his stockings fouled , ungartered and down-gyred to his ankle , pale as his shirt , his knees knocking each other … and with a look so piteous , he takes her by the wrist and holds her hard , then he goes to the length of his arm , and with his other hand over his brow , falls to such perusal of her face as he would draw it … |
| 3 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |
| 4 | He took her to the balustrade . |
| 5 | He took her to the Regal Arms Hotel . |
| 6 | He took her to the airport nurse , who could find nothing wrong with her but agreed that she might be suffering from jet lag and needed only to rest . |
| 7 | He took her to the deserted camp laundry : a large hut with a great copper the size of a steam-engine , a line of deep sinks , and rows of drying lines . |
| 8 | He took her to the greenhouses . |
| 9 | He took her to the foot of the elaborately draped four-poster and opened an iron-banded chest . |
| 10 | He took her to the exit slowly |
| 11 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 12 | He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well . |
| 13 | Afterwards he took her to the entrance of the Priors Park Estate , where he released her . |
| 14 | After threatening Miss Slater with a knife , he took her to the converted pub in Newark , Nottinghamshire , he used as a workshop for his tool repair business . |
| 15 | So he took her down the hill again . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He took her into the next room , performed a little pantomime of swivelling hips and stormy eyes , then wrapped his arm around her . |
| 18 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 19 | He took her by the shoulders and his face was very close to hers . |
| 20 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 21 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 22 | A deeper pink suffused his face , colouring the skin between the freckles of pale orange that the tropical sun had cast there , and he took her by the wrists and said , in English , ‘ Maybe , we 'll see , maybe one day . ’ |
| 23 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 24 | He took her by the shoulders — ‘ You and you , all the time you . ’ |
| 25 | He took her by the shoulders and kissed her instead , a real kiss with his tongue and his teeth and a strong aftertaste of brandy . |
| 26 | He took her by the arm then and Robyn found herself half running , half stumbling behind . |
| 27 | He took her by the arm , in a grip that was firm and inescapable , and Robyn felt the sudden shock of awareness , as the undeniable strength of his body pressed close for a moment against her own . |
| 28 | He took her by the shoulders suddenly , his expression so fierce that Robyn gasped . |
| 29 | He took her by the shoulders and shook her . |
| 30 | He took her by the shoulders , his eyes urgent . |