Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you ever think about that thing that happened to us in the park ? |
| 2 | There 's something special about things that come to us over the centuries . ’ |
| 3 | As far as I was concerned it was a nightmare , and merged in my memory with actually being evacuated ; the kids going down to Ladywell station in a crocodile on one side of the road , clutching oranges and bars of chocolate , and the mothers on the other , weeping and wailing and shouting to us across the street , lots of dwarfs and lots of Snow Whites . |
| 4 | and told to us in the days before he died |
| 5 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 6 | Patsy and her sons arrived in the village on Friday evening and spoke to us on the telephone . |
| 7 | right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office |
| 8 | We suggest that , while bicycles may be recognizable by reference to the fact that they are damaged ( as in ( 59 ) ) , we can not easily describe bicycles as belonging to us in the same respect ; nor can we refer to ideas as belonging to you inasmuch as they are " discussed " . |