Example sentences of "they [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , they met us with fire trucks ; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures . |
| 2 | They did all that so that we would have better opportunities , and they expected us to grab them when they came along . |
| 3 | Can , well , can they influence us today ? |
| 4 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 5 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 6 | I do n't remember how they got us out of the apartment , but I do remember that we stopped somewhere before leaving Beirut where we were taped up and transferred to a false-bottomed truck . |
| 7 | ‘ Look where they got us . |
| 8 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 9 | Do you remember when there used to always be some on the wall there when you cou we would n't walk down the stairs cos in case they got us . |
| 10 | Because they all hate us , they hate us for being different , for not being them , for their own not being like us . |
| 11 | They hate us and we hate them . |
| 12 | They bring us immediately up against the complex and fundamental issue of how the images we hold of later life and ageing are put together . |
| 13 | ‘ And they bring us the tourain . ’ |
| 14 | They grudge us our victories in France and the occupation of Calais . |
| 15 | Besides , look at the rations they sell us . |
| 16 | After all , why should they hurt us ? |
| 17 | Had they poisoned us ? |
| 18 | I mean they outclassed us no question , no two ways about it , I du n no what it is . |
| 19 | But do they make us pay over the odds ? |
| 20 | They made us leave the hotel very early in the morning for the trip home . |
| 21 | ‘ They made us chase shadows for long spells but we had to go after this game and that situation was tailor-made for Spartak , ’ he said . |
| 22 | At school they made us try on gas-masks for size , and there was talk of evacuation . |
| 23 | They made us all kneel , made us put our heads between our legs and clasp our hands behind . |
| 24 | They made us stay at one end of the room . |
| 25 | " They made us carry the injured into the station . |
| 26 | They made us scrub all the way through pregnancy as well , right up to the end . |
| 27 | ‘ They made us more professional and were useful as a basis for court reports , ’ he says . |
| 28 | They made us this way . ’ |
| 29 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 30 | When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’ |