Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 2 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 3 | London 's Evening Standard referred to ‘ AEA Technology — the reshaped Atomic Energy Authority ’ and the Daily Telegraph described us as the ‘ re-styled AEA Technology . ’ |
| 4 | However , it was as a goalscorer that Mel gained an undisputed niche in Palace 's history as the scorer of our first-ever goal in Division One , when his fine , dipping header put us into the lead and on the way to a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on the opening day of season 1969–70 . |
| 5 | After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books . |
| 6 | From Alta , which is a small fishing village , our chosen route took us over the high plateau towards Varanger Fiord . |
| 7 | An unusual call led us to the reeds by the lake , and it turned out to be an ortolan bunting , quite distinctive with its buff chest and olive-green head . |
| 8 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 9 | ‘ The threat from a nuclear war forced us in the post-war period to think in terms of war destroying the whole planet . |
| 10 | My French climbing partner and I met in Toulouse and a short drive took us over the Pyrenees into Spain . |
| 11 | The small accomplice waved us into the lorry . |
| 12 | The Homeless Unit took us to the Housing Department . |
| 13 | It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag . |
| 14 | When the blessed saint visited us in the church there , as before in vision , she came with showers of may-blossom . |