Example sentences of "[pers pn] took us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took us to our first activity which was to learn the Pax Lodge song . |
| 2 | I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present . |
| 3 | She took us for a walk with a soldier , |
| 4 | " Or were you expecting this when you took us into the wood ? " |
| 5 | No , if you took us in your car , you could come for , if you took us in the Metro today , oh |
| 6 | No , if you took us in your car , you could come for , if you took us in the Metro today , oh |
| 7 | God knows what happened to the family they found us with , but they took us to a place called Fresnes gaol , Paris . |
| 8 | Throughout the whole thing , even when they took us to the palace , nobody said a word . |
| 9 | They took us to the police station and then to a battered women 's house at about 2 a.m . |
| 10 | They took us to the cleaners . |
| 11 | They took us to the laundry . |
| 12 | They took us to the hospital and I had to sign the paper and that was it . |
| 13 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 14 | They took us to the airport , where we flew to Peking via Hangchow . |
| 15 | Then they took us to the Friendship Hotel ( an enormous complex of buildings ) and to a dinner , where we had ‘ hundred-year-old eggs ’ and other things ( actually the eggs are not all that old ! ) . |
| 16 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 17 | Satellite dishes , we went t when we went to Falmouth they took us on a trip there , it was interesting . |
| 18 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 19 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 20 | And it showed you all the sort of countries of the world , you know , on lights and , and that , and which light was for which wh when they took us round the er |
| 21 | He took us on expeditions to Italy to see the architecture and the painting . |
| 22 | We met the most morbid man in the world when we were there , he took us on a guided tour of all these famous murder sights — including the Dakota building where John Lennon got shot . ’ |
| 23 | We met the most morbid man in the world when we were there , he took us on a guided tour of all these famous murder sights — including the Dakota building where John Lennon got shot . ’ |
| 24 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 25 | Then he took us to the university where a friend of his , an Englishman , was studying the local bird life . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Reluctantly , he took us to a single kennel at the back of the offices . |
| 28 | He took us to the pictures sometimes and we shared his intimate refuge from Mum . |
| 29 | We arranged to meet outside his local church , and first of all he took us to a garage where he negotiated a good price for a new car battery ! |
| 30 | One of the Ness men was acting as guide and he took us to a rock bothy which the men use during their stay . |