Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |
| 2 | This keeps us in our place , although it frustrates us with a great deal of suffering . |
| 3 | No , if you took us in your car , you could come for , if you took us in the Metro today , oh |
| 4 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think the trick will work if they trace us to the Hilton ? ’ |
| 6 | This is the Achilles ' heel of Abelard 's theory , because Christ 's death is only explicable if it saves us from a serious and dreadful predicament which is of eternal significance . |
| 7 | But it will prove to be a necessary and worthwhile one if it leads us in the direction of a less doctrinaire and therefore more properly educational form of antiracism . |
| 8 | If you are unlucky enough to lose your AutoCheque Card or have it stolen , any Switch withdrawals made from your account by forging your signature will be refunded — even if they occur before you advise us of the loss . |
| 9 | " Or were you expecting this when you took us into the wood ? " |
| 10 | ‘ When you telephone us for a quote , we will assign a member of staff to you , whom you can contact whenever you need to , without fear of being charged extra in costs , as some solicitors are wont to do every time you telephone them . |
| 11 | When she met us off the train in Paris she was living alone . |
| 12 | ‘ They 've got no consideration , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke stormed as she met us with a supply of dusters and aerosols and impregnated cloths . |
| 13 | ‘ We were worried stiff , ’ she chided as she bustled us into the kitchen . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we do open to the public now , as you know , but oh ! the bills , and the staff want paying , ’ she said as she showed us to the door . |
| 15 | Throughout the whole thing , even when they took us to the palace , nobody said a word . |
| 16 | And it showed you all the sort of countries of the world , you know , on lights and , and that , and which light was for which wh when they took us round the er |
| 17 | And a lot of talking points for Jimmy Greaves and Tony back in the studio at half time to discuss when they rejoin us after the break with the score here at Filbert Street Leicester City one Nottingham Forest nil . |
| 18 | The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape . |
| 19 | The Palace was Whibley 's only League club and , when he left us at the end of 1922–23 , he returned to his home town to play for Sittingbourne . |
| 20 | Our smiles of anticipation dimmed somewhat when he led us into the coffee shop , but he was a good sort and I hope we did not embarrass him . |
| 21 | , whose organisation distributes many of our export products , highlighted opportunities facing the Company when he presented us with a commemorative certificate to mark the Chilton opening and to celebrate over 15 years of close co-operation . |
| 22 | A porter opened the double-barred gate , shouting a welcome to the Santerres as he led us along the old causeway which wound past birch , oak and yew trees up to the front of the house . |
| 23 | ‘ All political figures are mad , ’ said Reid as he joined us on the veranda . |
| 24 | I look back through my tears at Andy , who 's following , looking desperate and uncertain , biting on one knuckle as he follows us through the bushes . |
| 25 | The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians . |
| 26 | And , as he warned us about the hewers of coal , we are as capable of forgetting that , as he did , " as we forget the " blood in our veins ' . |