Example sentences of "they took us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God knows what happened to the family they found us with , but they took us to a place called Fresnes gaol , Paris . |
| 2 | Throughout the whole thing , even when they took us to the palace , nobody said a word . |
| 3 | They took us to the police station and then to a battered women 's house at about 2 a.m . |
| 4 | They took us to the cleaners . |
| 5 | They took us to the laundry . |
| 6 | They took us to the hospital and I had to sign the paper and that was it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They took us to the airport , where we flew to Peking via Hangchow . |
| 9 | 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 ! ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Satellite dishes , we went t when we went to Falmouth they took us on a trip there , it was interesting . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 |