Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] we the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What happened between us the other day , after our picnic — ’ his deep voice was suddenly slow and compelling as he steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay at Kalkara ‘ — that seemed … special .
2 She left a series of notes in my pigeonhole that started off plaintively : ‘ I 'm very confused by what happened between us the other night .
3 Along the way Brian talked to us the whole time , not in a loud voice or a whisper , but in a low confident tone , the kind every good falconer adopts when he 's in the presence of birds of prey .
4 He said to us the other day , ‘ This little country is the key .
5 Whoever killed Father Reynard shot at us the previous evening .
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