Example sentences of "[noun] took us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bragad took us by surprise . |
| 2 | After lunch two mini-buses took us to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra and the Dublin deaf were overcome by the beauty of our countryside . |
| 3 | One of our walks took us to the top of a huge escarpment at a place called Losiolo , or World 's View . |
| 4 | The trip from Jura that morning had been exciting enough , with a following sea cork-screwing the boat wildly as we ran before it , with the occasional shuddering ‘ gybe ’ when a shift of wind took us by surprise . |
| 5 | Barney took us to the airport , and when we arrived next day in Hong Kong , it was warm and sunny . |
| 6 | The car took us to the Monument , and then we saw the Worm . ’ |
| 7 | A mile 's drive south in the car took us to all that remains of Clare 's beloved heath land . |
| 8 | After climbing to the top of the largest crater , the boat took us to a small bay on Palea Kameni where you can swim to the hot springs and delve into the orange mud of the sea bed , supposedly wonderful for your skin ! |
| 9 | Fardine took us to the edge of his terrace , where his own pigeons were kept in a large coop . |
| 10 | The ride home took us through the Red Light district ( not that I noticed ) . |
| 11 | We were watching a tree pipit in display flight when a sudden downpour took us by surprise and sent us scurrying , as fast as the bossy ground would allow , to the nearest hide . |
| 12 | The Feldwebel took us to a German Red Cross canteen . |
| 13 | The International campaign took us to Australia , and sister Rose arose from Sydney Harbour to offend and irritate her sibling phonemate . |
| 14 | Then Edward 's papa took us on the lake in a rowing-boat . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We left Malta shortly afterwards and my Dad 's job took us to Japan . |
| 16 | Later , with the Single European Act and British membership of the exchange rate mechanism — the right hon. Member for Finchley took us into that — our sovereignty was further eroded . |
| 17 | A speedy journey in the boats took us to one of the 365 islands in Lough Erne . |
| 18 | When she pronounced us clean , I lounged and smiled some more , thought peacefully about the Frazillian fee , watched peacefully as Posi took us into Firstlight . |
| 19 | A Zim motor-car took us from the airport to the Europe Hotel which is just off the Nevsky prospekt , the wide main street of Leningrad . |
| 20 | The next day took us past the quarter-way mark , and brought us within seven miles of In Salah . |
| 21 | We stayed on the train for nearly a week , first being drawn down the track to Myinge where dear Jack Cardew took us into his house while the railway was repaired . |
| 22 | Whatsername took us to right , Alice and Kath did n't realize that you could n't write a cheque , did you ? |
| 23 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 24 | After the shopping spree Mary took us to a little tea shop for tea and cakes and then we returned happily with our presents . |
| 25 | Captain Tizzard and his wife and baby took us on board . |
| 26 | At the Austrian border a Dutch lorry driver took us under his wing , translated to the Austrian guards for us and we were on our way soon afterwards . |
| 27 | Coming from Brigflatts over Birks we passed through woods below Sedbergh School where a quiet lane took us towards Millthrop . |
| 28 | The truck took us to where the Imlil-Toubkal road branched off at the market town of Asni and there we swapped to the normal ‘ shared taxis ’ into Marrakech for a merry night at the Hotel Ali — famous for its buffet dinners and the starting point for many adventures . |
| 29 | Four and a half sodden miles in as many hours took us through 3,300ft to Phedang . |
| 30 | From Alta , which is a small fishing village , our chosen route took us over the high plateau towards Varanger Fiord . |