Jonathan had grabbed the stake and driven it into the vampire's heart, or Jonathan grabbed the stake and drove it into the vampire's heart. Either one is correct.
Drove and Stopped are the verbs in that sentence.
He gladly drove him to his house. He gladly took the job at this large firm.
"I drove my motor car to the apex of the mountain road and returned by the same route"
The gauges on his old truck were still as reliable as the day he drove it off the new car lot.
The truck drove to Edward's garage. This sentence is strange, since it implies that the truck drove itself to Edward's garage without any assistance, such as a driver. Nevertheless, "truck" is the subject of the sentence, and "drove" is the verb.
She drove home in a careless manner, weaving in and out of lanes without signaling.
'We drove to the sports center.' Or: 'We drove there.'
The boy drove in a completely haphazard manner.The girl dressed in a bizarrely haphazard way.
The latter sentence is correct: "You drove past his house."
I drove BY the school.
The buses drove into town
The direct object in the sentence is "us" because it receives the action of the verb "drove." Mrs. Chang drove whom? Us.