Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Trelawney met us at the cave . |
| 2 | We had dinner with Jochen and Ingrid and Jochen showed us over the school . |
| 3 | Barney took us to the airport , and when we arrived next day in Hong Kong , it was warm and sunny . |
| 4 | Fardine took us to the edge of his terrace , where his own pigeons were kept in a large coop . |
| 5 | Richard Branson saved us over the boredom . |
| 6 | Headmistress Shirley Cunningham greeted us at the school gates with her own highly appropriate joke . |
| 7 | Headmistress Shirley Cunningham greeted us at the school gates with her own highly appropriate joke . |
| 8 | But dear oh dear , headmistress Shirley Cunningham greeted us at the school gates with the world 's oldest joke . |
| 9 | The Club Captain , John Gunne and Lady Captain , Josie McPhillips joined us for the Outing and for the evening celebrations . |
| 10 | Doone followed us into the kitchen , removed a grey tweed overcoat and sat by the table in his much-lived-in grey suit . |
| 11 | 97 Squadron of Lancasters left us at the end of April to return to Coningsby in Lincolnshire , from whence they had come , and with the loss of life drastically cut down , some of the pressure and sadness lifted , to be replaced by pressure of a different kind . |
| 12 | ‘ Did you see Tamar 's face when Stephen told us about the groom — Davis , was it ? ’ |
| 13 | The final activities were another guided tour , back at Wharf Station , where Graham showed us round the museum that he played a central role in setting up . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll listen to Alastair Cook and join you later , ’ Harry told us in the morning , obviously intent on his Sunday ritual . |
| 15 | Catherine waved us into the hall and we sat in the window seat . |
| 16 | So we have that remarkable verse , Galatians 3.13 : ‘ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law , having become a curse for us . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law , having become a curse for us — for it is written ‘ Cursed be every one who hangs upon a tree ’ — so that in Christ Jesus the blessing accorded to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles , that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith' ( Gal. 3:14 ) . |
| 18 | these met us Dad and Mike met us in the pub after . |
| 19 | In RESISTENCIA ( N ARGENTINA ) — God challenged us on the quality of our friendship with Him . |
| 20 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 21 | I wan na go Black butchers on the square , last time we went to Harrendle Bob and Delph took us in the car |
| 22 | On the following morning Miss Stapleton took us to the path through the marsh . |
| 23 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |
| 24 | If Magwitch saw us on the river , he could draw his bedroom curtain to show everything was all right . |
| 25 | After a simply splendid lunch , Bari Logan introduced us to the art of long term preservation from the medical school anatomist 's point of view . |
| 26 | We did n't get a chance to say any more , because Anthea ushered us into the hall almost immediately afterwards . ’ |
| 27 | Doris stopped us in the hall when we came in , loaded down under a small tree and a carrier-bag full of bits and pieces we 'd seen and liked , and , inevitably in our mood of reckless gaiety , bought . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're remembering how , when all the other teenagers were driving their parents barmy with pop music , Fabia blasted us with the music of Smetana , Janáček and Dvořák morning , noon and night , ’ her father chipped in drily . |
| 29 | We then sang The National Anthem and Mr. Russ addressed us on the subject of patriotism . |
| 30 | A Sunday in June found us off the entrance to Chichester harbour , close to where the Caducius sank . |