Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 2 | To miss out on the opportunity afforded to us by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to deny those in the greatest housing need the opportunity to get decent low cost housing . |
| 3 | For the first , and last time a guard travelled with us in the box . |
| 4 | A fat unshaven man sat opposite us on the train eating guavas . |
| 5 | The fog stayed with us throughout the night as we made painfully slow progress towards Hartlepool with bedtime stories on the radio of ships colliding and running aground to cheer us on our way . |
| 6 | Fine weather stayed with us for the remainder of our passage down the East coast . |