Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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1 | So if we could lie down for twenty minutes sometime in the afternoon or early evening , then we would lengthen the spine to support us more efficiently for the latter part of the day . |
2 | ‘ You might have had the decency to order us some drink that was n't called Jim . ’ |
3 | Looking back on that visit , as I sometimes do , I find it difficult to reconcile the warm , charming and amusing hostess who spared the time to entertain us that day with the latter-day basso profundo screecher of the House of Commons and the earnest , ingratiating gusher of numerous television interviews ( performances which make me dream wistfully of the old saw , ‘ In the ideal society politics should be as unobtrusive as drains ’ ) . |
4 | It has taken a woman to remind us all that there are people out there who are determined that Northern Ireland will not be dragged down to the level of barbarity displayed by the terrorists . |
5 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
6 | Help the candidate to help us both match the person to the job and vice versa ? |
7 | Why had the Revolution given us all so little when we had sacrificed everything for it ? ’ |