Example sentences of "us [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , our lifestyles have become more busy , and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast . |
| 2 | The extremes , on both parameters , are comparatively rare ; most of us occupy a position part-way along each . |
| 3 | I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let's have 'em out once and for all . |
| 4 | Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed , confused elderly . |
| 5 | There was a plain white card inside as well , saying , ‘ Only the artist realizes that some of us exert a Homeric effort simply to behave ordinarily , ’ but she had translated her declaration to him into Latin in a self-defeating impulse to disown it , and he never troubled to puzzle it out . |
| 6 | Joe should also remember that many of us get a buzz out of controlling budgets of up to £30m a year , employing 3,000 staff , and providing food in up to 600 units . |
| 7 | I mean , none of us get a hard-on when it comes on . |
| 8 | If either of us get a chance for goal , we will go for it . ’ |
| 9 | And so that there will be a a broad spectrum of people who with us confess a common faith , serve a common Lord and proclaim about our gospel serving within this number of people in Wales and therefore I 'm glad to bring you greetings for that reason . |
| 10 | Most of us produce a single design each year which we send both to calligraphers and non-calligraphers alike . |
| 11 | Many of us feel a profound desperation at the global future . |
| 12 | ‘ Some of us value a little purity . ’ |
| 13 | The elephant analogy arose because most of us all of us recognize an elephant when we see one but it is very difficult to describe it |
| 14 | ‘ Most of us think a great deal of both Kylie and Jason Donovan . |
| 15 | A ‘ lamp ’ is the correct name for what most of us call a light bulb , and the common or garden light bulb is known as a GLS ( general lighting service ) lamp . |
| 16 | Most of us do a full week 's work — it 's only the skivers that do n't . |
| 17 | ‘ The four of us share a two-bedroom , fourth-floor flat and things are going from bad to worse . |
| 18 | Although many people do not make such a dramatic move from a very special garden to a flat , most of us leave a few favourite plants behind when we move house , so framing a few of them serves as a lovely reminder of times gone by . |
| 19 | Some of the decisions now open to us require a careful sifting of information and balancing of the pros and cons . |
| 20 | As Christmas draws near , many of us cherish a cosy vision of spending it around a traditional open fire , toasting crumpets in its dancing flames . |
| 21 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |
| 22 | The pursuit of happiness through developing rewarding emotional ties with other people is something most of us spend a good deal of our lives attempting . |
| 23 | Both of us need a few moments alone to come to terms with things . |
| 24 | Some people reckon they can sleep on the proverbial clothes line , but most of us need a bed and a comfortable one at that . |
| 25 | Obviously no academic course in Britain is geared towards working class Blackwomen 's experience across the board , but so many of us have a vast appetite for knowledge — for a herstory . |
| 26 | Some of us have a feeling of being fundamentally deprived . |
| 27 | Most of us have a personal ‘ space ’ around us — often an arm 's length . |
| 28 | This is because most of us have a tendency to ‘ sink ’ down into our hips so , by allowing a lengthening of the torso , a redistribution of fat tissue takes place and the pupil becomes taller and thinner . |
| 29 | The trouble is that few of us have a clear idea of what our motivated abilities are . |
| 30 | Most of us have a tendency to underrate our own skills and experience , especially if we can not put a definite name to them . |