Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] us [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they also turned down our application to have Gay News in the library , which provided us with further ammunition and an unexpected new member . |
| 2 | After lunch we took one of the trains hauled by 1618 which took us to Horsted Keynes and up the new extension to New Coombe Bridge . |
| 3 | As we thawed out so our curling improved , which stood us in good stead when the tour progressed into the curling hotbed regions of Edmonton , Weyburn , Saskatoon and Calgary . |
| 4 | He was a nice chap called Roland who entertained us with such finesse on his flute and oboe . |
| 5 | You forgave us our sins , you cleansed us from all unrighteousness . |
| 6 | Thank goodness we had tutors who helped us to some extent and who seemed quite accustomed to listening to tales of woe . |
| 7 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 8 | ‘ You joined us from Central Records , I see . |
| 9 | However in doing so you deprived us of detailed insights into the conditions of life in other parts of the world , and played into the hands of the New Right with its ‘ divide and conquer ’ tactics . |
| 10 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 11 | She reminded us of olden-day ferries best forgotten . |
| 12 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 13 | When they approached us about other products and about doing a commercial , we said no . |
| 14 | They told us of exciting events that had taken place in the valley below their house the previous year , the result of an attempted coup by Ras Hailu , the hereditary ruler of Gojjam . |
| 15 | They told us within three days of your signing on . |
| 16 | The only thing , today , is that they escorted us without any weapons . |
| 17 | They eyed us with vague curiosity and then returned to their ( apparently fruitless ) fishing . |
| 18 | As partners at Middlesex we tried to steal Test matches off each other when England were only playing one spinner , and it made us into better bowlers . |
| 19 | The decision we made was careful , it involved us in much work , and it was , in the event , I think , a seriously mistaken decision . |
| 20 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 21 | Does he recall that it is exactly a year since he told us in this House , ’ Our policies are working ’ ? |
| 22 | He messed us about this weekend did n't he ? |
| 23 | I only had to deal with a couple of vicious assaults over the telephone when the magazine I was writing for decided he was too dodgy to get involved with and , with mind-boggling nerve , he threatened us with legal action for breach of contract . |
| 24 | Then he introduced us to each other . |
| 25 | At least it stood us in good stead for Tuesday night 's game at Scrimley Arsenal , where we came away with a very creditable 2–4 defeat . |