Example sentences of "they [vb base] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Er it erm er the result was that you was really working flat out all the summer , and then as the winter advanced , you got very short of work , and they put us on the dole , for half a week . |
| 3 | He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him . |
| 4 | ‘ They put us in the back . |
| 5 | When I came up they put us in the detention room on the house for pregnant women . |
| 6 | Then they put us in the block . |
| 7 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
| 8 | How well they remind us of the purpose for which the ark has been fetched ! |
| 9 | ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’ |
| 10 | They enlighten us on the mystery , we are grateful to them , we trust them and then we buy their product . |