Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook .
2 He ran across the gangplank as enthusiastically as though he sought votes for his father 's election campaign , then approached us with an outstretched hand and a voice full of bright greetings .
3 There were no roads direct from the station to where the world began , but the carriage drivers , squatting over their breakfasts , directed us to an abandoned railway line which cut across country .
4 At midday , we were standing in the stern when a voice hailed us from an upper deck .
5 She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse .
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