lexical verb + object + location (walk somebody home) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Vocabulary Profile:

take = GO WITH SOMEONE
A1 to go somewhere with someone, often paying for them or being responsible for them

walk sb home/to sth
B1 to walk with someone in order to guide them or keep them safe

However, we would argue that the complexity differences are not that clear or simple, and there are other unlisted ways of expressing responsibility, guidance and or safety with the same forms.  For example:

Daddy, out of all those men, you were the one that took her home, remember that?

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So, you drove her home in her car.

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No, I shot my dog, 

and then I brought him home and continued to care for him for the next eleven years until he died of pancreatitis.

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He brought her to his room.

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I promise I‘ll do everything I can to get them home safe.

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Higher level vocabulary + prepositional phrases are also possible:

Anyway, his wife was there and she rushed him to the hospital.

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We want to see if there is other language that has take/walk something to some location.

We can look for similar vocabulary that might fall into this structure with a search in NOW corpus for:

_P _VV _PPHO _RL

1 SHE LEFT HER HOME 734 2 SHE PUSHED HIM AWAY 278 3 YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER 270 4 WHO PUT THEM THERE 251 5 I PUSHED HIM AWAY 238 6 I TOLD THEM THERE 206 7 THEY TOOK HIM AWAY 189 8 WHO LOST HER HOME 188 9 WE BROUGHT HIM HERE 150 10 WE PUT THEM TOGETHER 132 11 I PUT THEM TOGETHER 114

12 WHO PUT HIM THERE 102

14 SHE LEAVES HER HOME 99

18 HE PUSHED HER AWAY 95 19 I SAW HIM THERE 94 20 WHO LEFT HER HOME 91

22 I BROUGHT HER HOME 89
23 I TOOK HIM HOME 89

25 YOU BRING THEM HOME 86

27 WE BROUGHT HER HOME 83
28 WE BROUGHT HIM HOME 81

30 WE BROUGHT THEM HOME 76
31 YOU GET THEM HOME 72
32 HE TOOK HER HOME 72

1 TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 1131 2 TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 837 3 TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL 785 4 VAULTED HIM TO A LEVEL 778 5 KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND 697 6 RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 660 7 TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL 646 8 ADD THEM TO YOUR CALENDAR 604 9 TOOK HIM TO A HOSPITAL 550 10 BROUGHT HIM TO THE ATTENTION 477 11 THREW HER TO THE GROUND 464 12 PUSHED HER TO THE GROUND 457 13 KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND 436 14 RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL 436 15 PUT THEM TO THE TEST 435 16 REPORTED HIM TO THE POLICE 387 17 TOOK HER TO A HOSPITAL 375 18 THREW HIM TO THE GROUND 361 19 REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE 348 20 PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND 335 21 PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND 333 22 TOOK HIM TO THE POLICE 332 23 KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND 302 24 KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND 299 25 RETURN THEM TO THE STORE 270 26 RETURN THEM TO THE PLACE 265 27 WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND 261 28 GET HIM TO THE GREEK 256 29 SENT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 255 30 TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL 254 31 TACKLED HIM TO THE GROUND 250 32 TAKE HIM TO A HOSPITAL 243 33 REFERRING HIM TO THE BIBLE 240 34 EXTRADITE HIM TO THE UNITED 233 35 TAKING HIM TO A DETENTION 233 36 RUSHED HIM TO A HOSPITAL 231 37 DELIVERS THEM TO YOUR INBOX 216 38 BRING THEM TO THEIR CLIENTS 215 39 TAKING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 214 40 TOOK HER TO THE POLICE 211 41 TOOK HER TO HIS HOUSE 208 42 ADD THEM TO THE LIST 206 43 BEAT THEM TO THE PUNCH 203 44 TOOK HIM TO THE GROUND 197 45 BROUGHT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 189 46 TOOK THEM TO THE TOP 189 47 WELCOME HIM TO THE TEAM 189 48 REPORT HIM TO THE POLICE 185 49 TOOK HER TO THE DOCTOR 184 50 PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND 182 51 THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND 181 52 TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR 180 53 LINKING HIM TO THE CRIME 177 54 TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL 172 55 USE THEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE 172 56 DROVE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 171 57 BRING THEM TO THE TABLE 164 58 SIGN HIM TO AN EXTENSION 153 59 TOOK HER TO A HOTEL 153 60 TOOK THEM TO THE POLICE 152 61 TOOK THEM TO THE HOSPITAL 150 62 BROUGHT HER TO THE HOSPITAL 147 63 TOOK HER TO HIS HOME 143 64 RUSH HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 142 65 EXTRADITE HIM TO THE US 141 66 SENT HER TO THE HOSPITAL 140 67 TAKE HER TO A HOSPITAL 140 68 PUSHING HER TO THE GROUND 139 69 TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY 139 70 INVITED HER TO HIS HOTEL 138 71 BEAT HIM TO THE PUNCH 138 72 PROPEL HIM TO THE WHITE 138 73 INTRODUCED HIM TO THE WORLD 137 74 KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR 126 75 TAKE HIM TO THE POLICE 126 76 TOOK HIM TO THE VET 126 77 PUT THEM TO THE SWORD 125 78 THREW HER TO THE FLOOR 125 79 TOOK HER TO A DOCTOR 125 80 TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR 124 81 RUSHED HER TO A HOSPITAL 123 82 SLAMMED HIM TO THE GROUND 123 83 TOOK HIM TO THE TOP 123 84 BROUGHT HER TO THE ATTENTION 121 85 TOOK HER TO A ROOM 121 86 PUSHING HIM TO THE GROUND 120 87 SENDING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL 117 88 TOOK HER TO A HOUSE 117 89 PUSHED HER TO THE FLOOR 116 90 BRING HIM TO THE CLUB 115 91 FORCED HIM TO THE GROUND 115 92 REPORT THEM TO THE AUTHORITIES 113 93 THROWING HER TO THE GROUND 112 94 PUSHED THEM TO THE BRINK 107 95 SENT HIM TO THE CANVAS 107 96 TYING HIM TO THE CLUB 107 97 EXPOSING THEM TO THE RISK 105 98 TOOK HER TO THE VET 105 99 WRESTLE HIM TO THE GROUND 104

100 LINK HIM TO THE CRIME 103