Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Legenda tell us about a few miracles that he is supposed to have performed , but otherwise he seems to have lived a fairly uneventful outward life .
2 The general enthusiasm for the fortieth anniversary of the structure of DNA should not blind us to a few blemishes on the otherwise fair face of molecular biology .
3 ’ So they kept us in a few days .
4 Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later .
5 Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ .
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