Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( There ) ‘ we were met by the Viscount Walsh ( Chamberlain of the Emperor ) who led us to the apartment of the Baroness de Pierres ( ex Miss Thorne of New York ) who is now a lady-in-waiting to the Empress ’ . |
| 2 | The cabbie , who drove us from the airport to our hotel , had spent some time in Oxford and London . |
| 3 | We are grateful to the concerned Dogs Today reader who informed us of the lobbying activities of this organisation . |
| 4 | The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch . |
| 5 | Our heartiest congratulates go to Jean Parmiter and her 55+ Display Team , who represented us at the Age Concern Festival Movement at the Royal Albert Hall in November last year . |
| 6 | We went with our newly found friend who took us through the side door to a shed at the back of his premises and showed us what could only be described as treasure — five large horse collars of black leather . |
| 7 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 8 | The Conservatives , Winston Churchill predicted , with rather more prescience than Asquith , would not ‘ act as bottle holders to those who kicked us into the street three months ago and deliberately erected this Socialist monstrosity ’ . |