Example sentences of "[verb] the [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 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
| 5 | Help the candidate to help us both match the person to the job and vice versa ? |
| 6 | Why had the Revolution given us all so little when we had sacrificed everything for it ? ’ |