Example sentences of "took us [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires .
2 The steward answered Agrippa 's insistent knocking and took us into the main hallway .
3 From Alta , which is a small fishing village , our chosen route took us over the high plateau towards Varanger Fiord .
4 The route to Abri took us across the western edge of the Nubian desert , known as the Batn el-Hagar , , the Belly of Stones .
5 After dinner he took us to the Royal College of Art , where he seemed proud to be an honorary member of the faculty club and students ' union .
6 ‘ Oh , we 've had such a marvellous day , Uncle Albert took us to the Marine Museum and then we went on to collect sea-shells ourselves , he knew where to go for them , we found hundreds ; and we had a lobster picnic .
7 The next day took us past the quarter-way mark , and brought us within seven miles of In Salah .
8 And in order to assess the wind speed , we had to climb up a perpendicular outside iron staircase , which took us onto the flat roof of Flying Control .
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