Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My guess is they 'll leave us to the forest . |
| 2 | ‘ After the coronation they 'll take us to the palace for the night . |
| 3 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Chapter 2 is concerned with the different feminist approaches that have been directed towards education , and how they might help us towards an understanding of higher education . |
| 5 | The bank chose Acse because , while ‘ other companies told us they could provide us with an Electronic Data Interchange translator , Acse was the only one who said , ‘ EDI is not a problem of technology , but a problem of integrating it into your existing systems , ’ ’ Gilmont said . |
| 6 | So we left there that Wednesday morning and they said they 'd give us until the Friday to think about it . |
| 7 | Er they used to march us round the playground you see and er I was in the back row and of course the teacher was at the front more or less . |
| 8 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |
| 9 | Could you ask them at the meeting next week if they would like us on an outing to Denman because they 're , a lot of them do n't really know what Denman is do they ? |
| 10 | I wonder if they would supply us with a researcher |
| 11 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 12 | They will meet us at the station . |
| 13 | They can drive us into the arms of God , or into the clutches of evil . |
| 14 | Many of the water companies are now considering installing meters so that they can charge us for the amount of water we have actually used . |