Example sentences of "took us [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , we became experts in a new and complex world where everything from the intricacies of a changing semantic of underground language to the knowledge that tetrahydrocannabinol ( THE ) was the active ingredient of cannabis separated us from our previous associations and took us into a world where few in the organization could begin to operate with comfort . |
| 2 | " Or were you expecting this when you took us into the wood ? " |
| 3 | A lay brother came over and took us into the abbey church to hear morning mass and , believe me , for the glory is now gone , the abbey church of Glastonbury was the nearest thing to heaven on earth . |
| 4 | The coach then took us into the Wachau Valley for lunch at another 5-star hotel and then after a short walk through the medieval village and Durnstein Castle , we went on to the ‘ UND ’ Monastery at Krems for a wine tasting . |
| 5 | After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books . |
| 6 | However , he soon found a car which took us up the hill to Maymyo , and Madriya and his wife and daughter came with us . |
| 7 | We went with our newly found friend who took us through the side door to a shed at the back of his premises and showed us what could only be described as treasure — five large horse collars of black leather . |
| 8 | Satellite dishes , we went t when we went to Falmouth they took us on a trip there , it was interesting . |
| 9 | Mark Steyn , whose confidence in his wit is so great no amount of evidence to the contrary seems ever likely to shake it , took us on a tour of the National Humour Archive , complete with the Dawson Bequest , and a person at work on the wider socio-economic effects of Essex Girl jokes . |
| 10 | She then took us on a tour , chattering excitedly like a child . |
| 11 | Then Edward 's papa took us on the lake in a rowing-boat . ’ |
| 12 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She took us for a walk with a soldier , |
| 15 | I learned about trailer driving the hard way during a competition retrieve , when an enthusiastic crew member took us off the road with an Eagle two-seater in the trailer . |
| 16 | An American controller on duty when we requested permission to land later took us to a hotel at 10 pm . |
| 17 | One of the Ness men was acting as guide and he took us to a rock bothy which the men use during their stay . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | God knows what happened to the family they found us with , but they took us to a place called Fresnes gaol , Paris . |
| 20 | After an hour at Customs , a military officer took us to a restaurant and then to the barracks to sleep . |
| 21 | And that er church school took us to the standard , at that time , called standard one , which was in a big school , about half a mile away and was built by the Nottingham Education Committee and was one of say , six or eight in the Nottingham area , I suppose . |
| 22 | Barney took us to the airport , and when we arrived next day in Hong Kong , it was warm and sunny . |
| 23 | They took us to the airport , where we flew to Peking via Hangchow . |
| 24 | Then he took us to the university where a friend of his , an Englishman , was studying the local bird life . |
| 25 | and took us to the dancing horses and then |
| 26 | Er they actually took us to the petrol station to get more fuel and after a er five course lunch with the local farmer and his family er which was all very nice and er not too much wine of course as you can well appreciate erm we telephoned the gendarmerie and they came along and er closed the main road for er approximately twenty minutes and we took off on a road . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Fardine took us to the edge of his terrace , where his own pigeons were kept in a large coop . |
| 29 | The car which took us to the station drove as sedately as a Daimler in a royal procession although the people of Amsterdam were on their way to work and provided admirable subjects for baiting . |
| 30 | One of our walks took us to the top of a huge escarpment at a place called Losiolo , or World 's View . |