Example sentences of "take his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darius opens his mouth to object , but Des takes his arm and leads him away . |
| 2 | She takes his hand and gives it a kiss . |
| 3 | Briefly , this meant the ability to ‘ take his work and leave it ’ : to start and finish the ploughing ; that is , to pen and shut up a furrow and leave every stetch , or parcel of furrows , straight and level and without a wrinkle to mar the whole length of it . |
| 4 | She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed . |
| 5 | kept taking his jewel and hiding it . |
| 6 | " But I mind , I mind very much ! " he snapped , and walked with quick , short steps back to Fernando , taking his arm and leading him off into the crowd . |
| 7 | ‘ Your father 's had a stroke , ’ I said , taking his arm and hurrying him along , home . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course you can , ’ she said , taking his arm and walking him towards the bay window , but she kept one eye on the painting in case they were tempted . |
| 9 | ‘ Good to see you , ’ I said , taking his hand and shaking it . |
| 10 | ‘ Bob , darling ! ’ she whispered dramatically , taking his hand and leading him out on to the landing out of Mrs. Hennessy 's earshot . |
| 11 | CAR thieves have left a disabled man virtually housebound after taking his car and crashing it into a wall . |
| 12 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 13 | Curtius took his drink and carried it over to the corner . |
| 14 | Ipuky took his drink and sipped it . |
| 15 | The waiter probably took his order and brought him his food . |
| 16 | Afterwards , he washed Wolfhead in the blood , but when the dog growled at him while he was doing this , he took his spear and killed it . |
| 17 | I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones . |
| 18 | It was Liban who , walking lightly over , took his arm and lifted him . |
| 19 | So I took his arm and made him sit down again , and I said , I 'm going to tell you a fairy story . |
| 20 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 21 | Rohan took his arm and guided him to a sofa . |
| 22 | I took his shoulders and made him look at me . |
| 23 | When they arrived at Louise 's house , Grégoire raised a small pinched face to Edouard 's , and Edouard took his hand and pressed it . |
| 24 | He took his hand and led him away and Mister Johnny went like a lamb . |
| 25 | And she took his hand and led him to the bed . |
| 26 | She took his hand and led him into the sitting room . |
| 27 | Tom took his hand and made him point to the letters , going from left to right , sounding out each one . |
| 28 | Myeloski took his hand and shook it . |
| 29 | He swallowed deeply as Michael Ryan took his hand and shook it , the animal strength of the handshake reminding him acutely of exactly what he had done . |
| 30 | Getting no response , she took his hand and moved it towards her bare dimpled knees . |