Example sentences of "take him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 32 | She would take him at his word . |
| 33 | The government should take him at his word . |
| 34 | One of them , Machik , ‘ manifested great inventiveness , cunning and insidiousness in his struggle against the Russian authorities , and the voevody could not take him at his word ’ . |
| 35 | ‘ From there , ferry and all , to the place where he was ambushed , would take him at the most half an hour . |
| 36 | He seemed to think she should simply take him at his word . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'll take him on a picnic , ’ she said . |
| 38 | MAGISTRATES have changed the bail conditions of a teenager facing robbery and aggravated vehicle taking charges so social workers can take him on a holiday to Spain . |
| 39 | Only we ca n't take him on Thursday cos we 're busy on Thursday . |
| 40 | I might just take him on it ! |
| 41 | I tell Mr Jackson that , but he says I ca n't take him with me cos they do n't let us keep pets at Combe Court . |
| 42 | The Storys leave for Rome at the end of this month and can not take him with them . |
| 43 | ‘ Let's take him with us , sir , down to the chippy — the fish and chip shop . |
| 44 | We ca n't take him with us ! ’ said Masklin . |
| 45 | We soon became fast friends , and the brothers joked that we should take him with us on our journey . |
| 46 | And maybe she 'd even take him with her . |
| 47 | You can take him with you when you go , for all of me . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Well , does he want a home for the priest , I would take him with pleasure , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ and no doubt you could find room for the other if called on . |
| 49 | Maybe , for instance , she could sell her father 's estate to pay his debts , and then she could take him with her to Australia ? |
| 50 | You got ta take , you ca n't take him with you . |
| 51 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 52 | He was dressed in the garb of a typical construct worker , so that anybody he passed would take him for such . |
| 53 | Taylor replaced him and , according to Rust , ‘ preached to the admiration and astonishment of his auditory ; and by his florid and youthful beauty … and sublime and pleasant air made his hearers take him for a young angel ’ . |
| 54 | ‘ Yes , Jaq , I 'll take him for you . ’ |
| 55 | He would marry another heiress , she knew that quite well , almost certainly one who would take him for his title , regardless of his character and conduct . |
| 56 | If that 's his case then I 'll take him for breach of contract . |
| 57 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 58 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 59 | Oh please Helena will you take him for me ? |
| 60 | There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! |