Example sentences of "[pron] took her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Afterwards he took her to the entrance of the Priors Park Estate , where he released her . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | So he took her down the hill again . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | He took her into the next room , performed a little pantomime of swivelling hips and stormy eyes , then wrapped his arm around her . |
| 36 | ‘ 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 — ‘ |
| 37 | He took her by the shoulders and his face was very close to hers . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . ’ |
| 41 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 42 | He took her by the shoulders — ‘ You and you , all the time you . ’ |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | He took her by the arm then and Robyn found herself half running , half stumbling behind . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | He took her by the shoulders suddenly , his expression so fierce that Robyn gasped . |
| 47 | He took her by the shoulders and shook her . |
| 48 | He took her by the shoulders , his eyes urgent . |
| 49 | He took her by the elbows , his frown mock-severe . |
| 50 | In the event he took her round the Baia Sardinia , a stretch of dancing turquoise water nestling in the embrace of a tumbling rugged coast . |