Example sentences of "[prep] us [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt Edward 's pressure at my hip wheeling the hug until the three of us circled in a scrum of affection . |
| 2 | A group of us evolve towards the door . |
| 3 | Now remember we all of us came from the background that , you know this world was going to come to an end very soon . |
| 4 | ‘ Then Rodney came over and the two of us went into the back yard and saw Siobhan screaming for help out of a bedroom widow . ’ |
| 5 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |
| 6 | On Nancy 's last night at the Centre , half a dozen of us went to the pub . |
| 7 | Both of us went on a diet which made it easier , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Three of us went in the front , the other three through the back . |
| 9 | ‘ I went in a team of 12 and 11 of us got to the summit after an awful lot of tribulations , exploits , excitement and fierce problems . ’ |
| 10 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 11 | About thirty of us gathered in a hotel in Rotherham — all people I 'd worked with including the cleaner and the consultant , and those who had them brought along their own partners , girlfriends , boyfriends and husbands and wives . |
| 12 | She said no more , and none of us referred to the subject again that evening . |
| 13 | But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ 's gift . ’ |
| 14 | In the summer holidays of 1952 four of us applied for the job . |
| 15 | A bunch of us eat in the dining room . |
| 16 | From time to time one of us stepped from the path and sank up to his waist in the marsh . |
| 17 | Once we have mastered a keyboard , most of us flinch at the idea of having to write a lot of stuff out in longhand , but there are still poor benighted souls that find the keyboard impossible to master , and for their benefit , Microsoft Corp , Apple Computer Inc Lotus Development Corp , General Magic Inc , Go Corp and Slate Corp came together at Comdex to announce Jot 1.0 , a standard that they hope will enhance the use of pen-based computers . |
| 18 | This was Madge , who made costumes for the rest of us to wear at the party nights . |
| 19 | I asked what had happened — ‘ Had their been a shuffle ? — or had one of us died in the night ? ’ |
| 20 | Some of us suffer from an aversion to talking about money — known as remuneraphobia . |
| 21 | Yes , some of us belonged to the Party . |
| 22 | Unless each of us wrestles with the truth for ourselves , we will end up with opinions rather than convictions . |
| 23 | Caroline , of Brislington , Bristol , who was treated for cuts to her face , said : ‘ There was a load of us queuing for a taxi after the party . |
| 24 | Er all of us go to a shop of some sort pretty well every day . |
| 25 | Both of us strolled around the camp in an exaggerated swagger , saluting with panache and wearing our berets just above our eyes . |
| 26 | This was an example of dramatic playing , made more pronounced to those of us watching by the fact that the rest of the class were attempting to work more formally — edging towards ‘ presentation ’ . |
| 27 | Some of us needed to go out to the lavatory , and all of us asked for a wash . |
| 28 | We must all of us write to the Health Authority , to our local M Ps , to the government to defend Orthopaedic Hospital . |
| 29 | He had missed his church very much indeed , but our Vicar and the Curate had been constant visitors , and we were both of us upheld by the knowledge of their prayers and of many friends at St Peter 's . |
| 30 | That 's when the Caterham goes , eight months after five of us struggled for a weekend to built it in a cramped studio behind the office . |