Example sentences of "would [vb infin] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But whether he 'd tell us over the telephone , you think ask . |
2 | It is not far away ; an hour 's journey through the Forest would bring us to the shore from which it can be seen . |
3 | There were coastal villages in Celebes and Borneo where the men would scowl and stride away , the women would slam their doors and window shutters in our faces , and the children would follow us down the street in howling , baiting hordes , challenging us to lose our poise . |
4 | A man was unfurling a sail on one of the feluccas , and we ran along the bank and asked him if he would take us across the river . |
5 | I thought of the far nurseries of the stars and how many days ' sail through the thin seas of hydrogen would take us beyond the space lamps and the burial grounds of the stars . |
6 | Yeah well okay , well I have n't I mean , I I did I did actually think that Mrs Thatcher would lead us into the election . |
7 | ‘ No 1 ’ was small , but ‘ Carlisle ’ , built in 1865 , was a largish engine with tender and we soon got to know that Whitaker would let us onto the footplate . |
8 | We were down to Halflight , sliding through the tangle of the Lagoon Nebula interlink , making our way towards the secondary GalacNet lines that would get us to the sector containing the Ixyphal system . |
9 | That would get us to the start of the season . ’ |
10 | It would relieve us of the burden of suppressed emotion . |