Example sentences of "and took him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gyorgy Aczel , the liberal-minded ideology chief , spotted the talented regional boss and took him under his wings . |
| 2 | It took him just five hours , included 29 fours , and took him past 4,000 Test runs ( a milestone Botham had passed earlier in the game ) . |
| 3 | He let in the estate agent and took him over the house , into the drawing room and the dining room , upstairs to the Pincushion Room , the Centaur Room , the Room of Astonishment , the Deathbed Room , the Room Without a Name , and then back down the back stairs to that jumble of kitchens and scullery and washhouse and coal-store , most of it a nineteenth century addition . |
| 4 | Jekyll 's servant , Poole , let him in at once and took him through the kitchen and across the back garden to the laboratory behind the house . |
| 5 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 6 | The well-to-do uncle treated John as a son and took him into his expanding business . |
| 7 | She found him again later that night and took him into her bed . |
| 8 | I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting . |
| 9 | When the Wilde scandal broke in 1895 , Mrs Leverson stood out against public opinion and took him into her home on his being released on bail , an act of courage and loyalty for which she has become justly renowned . |
| 10 | And somebody was following , a colleague was following , saw it happen , stopped and helped him sort of do what you 've got to do to get the man 's address and this sort of thing , make sure the car was alright , and took him into the office . |
| 11 | Six members of staff restrained Sigsworth and took him into a secure room where he was injected with a drug and the police were called . |
| 12 | Marjorie went to him and took him on her lap . |
| 13 | The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word . |
| 14 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 15 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 16 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 17 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 18 | His 10,000-mile electoral odyssey , which started in Mrs Thatcher 's birthplace of Grantham and took him to more than 60 constituencies , finally brought him to Dulwich , just up the road from his predecessor 's Prime Ministerial bolthole . |
| 19 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 20 | On that Tuesday morning my mother came with the doctor and took him to a spare bedroom , leaving the door ajar . |
| 21 | Dustin never forgot the importance of Henry Livings 's play in his career , and many years later , when he was making Agatha in England , he sought the modest playwright out and took him to lunch at a smart restaurant . |
| 22 | In August 1582 Protestant lords under the' Earl of Gowrie kidnapped James while he was hunting near Perth , and took him to Gowrie 's castle of Ruthven outside the town . |
| 23 | The boy helped Oliver to his feet , and took him to a pub . |
| 24 | In 798 Cenwulf attacked it , captured Eadbert , and took him to Mercia , where his eyes were put out and his hands amputated . |
| 25 | The sailors carried him carefully on to the ship , and took him to the Captain , who said : |
| 26 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 27 | Ken bought him a train ticket , put some cash in his hand and took him to a nearby restaurant |
| 28 | Kath snapped instructions to everyone , and Amy wheeled Mr Thompson out and took him to the interview-room . |
| 29 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
| 30 | Mary became worried Alex was not progressing well and took him for tests . |