Example sentences of "his [noun] took him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Browning had told police his route took him via the M4 , over the Severn Bridge , and not by the more direct route of the M50 . |
| 2 | His route took him past the City of Dreams . |
| 3 | His Mum took him by the shoulders and turned him to face her . |
| 4 | His knights took him at his word . |
| 5 | His apprenticeship took him through various parts of the motor car division until the outbreak of war , when he was transferred to the aviation side to make crankshafts and camshafts for Merlin engines . |
| 6 | Drake 's interest in magic and illusion began at the age of nine when his parents took him to Indonesia . |
| 7 | His parents took him into their cabin . |
| 8 | His parents took him into their adjoining cabin when he wept — and saved his life . |
| 9 | His parents took him into their adjoining room — and saved his life . |
| 10 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 11 | His wife took him into her body , and her eyes glittered in the half-darkness . |
| 12 | His explorations took him into deserts and marshes . |
| 13 | In the years that followed , his career took him to many different locations and a wide variety of posts within our Department . |
| 14 | It was a Smythe drill , and his father took him on some ‘ short work ’ , a piece of land where no one could see it . |
| 15 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 16 | His journey took him via Saudi , Kuwait , Iraq , Syria , Turkey , Greece , Yugoslavia [ that was ] , Austria and onwards through Europe . |
| 17 | His journey took him through Austrasia , where he was hospitably received by members of the aristocracy . |
| 18 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 19 | Wycliffe decided on a walk and his walk took him along Green Bank and down the High Street , where crumbling houses and shops were being rejuvenated or demolished , into the main street . |
| 20 | His way took him through narrow alleys , between rows of little granite cottages whose front doors opened to the street . |
| 21 | His way took him past the local police station . |
| 22 | When his mother took him to school on the first day , he decided from then onwards he could make his own way to school and did n't hesitate in telling his mother just that . |
| 23 | From its lofty position one can see the parish of his birth , the route by which his mother took him to Ayr , the town of Ayr in which he ran errands as a boy , the harbour from which he went off to sea , and all of the land that was his estate of Orangefield . |
| 24 | His mother took him to a prefectural mental hospital . |