Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] us [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having for years either aped Hollywood or presented us with cheery Cockney families braving the Blitz , a whole slew of films came along ( A Taste Of Honey , Saturday Night And Sunday Morning , etc ) that simultaneously both oddly dissected and glorified the northern working class experience of the early '60s . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 3 | I also knew the leaves of some trees , plants or grasses that provided us with instant cures for bee stings or bites from centipedes or scorpions . |
| 4 | Nature , that framed us of four elements , |
| 5 | A week after the operation that took us to Southern Ireland , I was told to take Venturous up the east coast to Hull and from there , after a crew change , we were to carry out extended patrols northwards which would eventually involve us in a complete circumnavigation of the British Isles . |
| 6 | A man with a great bunch of keys joined us and led us down some steps to a doorway marked ‘ Luftschutzraum ’ . |
| 7 | He pulled the sheets aside and led us down some steps . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry I ran and got us into this mess . |
| 9 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
| 10 | The next day took us past the quarter-way mark , and brought us within seven miles of In Salah . |