Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 2 | All it wanted was a new cover , I said , and she almost looked convinced when I said I was sure we could reach a price that suited us both . |
| 3 | Carried beneath it will be sophisticated instruments gathering information on a subject that absorbs us all — the weather . |
| 4 | It is a curse that affects us all . |
| 5 | It was an experience that bound us more closely than ever . |
| 6 | THE election of a new American president is an event that affects us all . |