Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they killed Chico , they transformed us into thousands of Chicos . ’ |
| 2 | Mr. Watkinson referred us to three other decided cases in support of the contrary view , but to my mind they do not assist him . |
| 3 | Sister Ellen , our SND General Moderator , visited us at one of the farm schools . |
| 4 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 5 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 6 | Our billetors were obliged , wherever possible , to provide us with one bath per week ; where this was not possible , facilities were available at B.P. , but this interfered with transport provisions , and sometimes a request for private transport was necessary , though not readily granted , and arrangements for this were in the hands of a Mrs Wildboar-Smith . |
| 7 | These survivors , and their many descendants , provide us with one of the most versatile of tree fruits . |
| 8 | Nature , that framed us of four elements , |
| 9 | It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’ |
| 10 | You can square it , gives us plus twenty five , come back , take the square root , it 'll give us plus five . |
| 11 | That 's saved us about nine hundred and forty pounds . |
| 12 | They 've been hiring us for ten years but we , we ai n't gon na hire no more if they 're changing the bloody engines . |
| 13 | ‘ Why are you trying to split us in two ? |
| 14 | Tom told us of one horse whose molars on one side of the mouth were excessively short and on the other very long . |
| 15 | They told us within three days of your signing on . |
| 16 | FOR A FREE , TOTALLY CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION PLEASE TELEPHONE US ON 071 |
| 17 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 18 | For the rest , the older generation and the perennially mathematically innocent , it will be best to start by thinking of a vector as something like an arrow directing us from one point to another . |
| 19 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
| 20 | It was after Frank Hoddinott joined us in 1923 that Palace fans ( all too briefly ) saw Whitworth at his best . |
| 21 | This leads us to one of the main problems in this sort of computer-based study . |
| 22 | Dehydration , er can produce death within a matter of fe , er a few hours and and an understanding of the mechanism by which this dehydration leads us into one of the most effective forms of heat treatment er , ever produced . |
| 23 | We 're off to Scarborough to see the bakery busy preparing edible Pudsey Bears especially for Children in Need only just over a week away now and Jill Pattenden our woman 's health expert is in we 'll be talking about cervical smear tests and Jill can help you with period problems pregnancy child birth menopause contraception do ring us from eleven . |
| 24 | Women interested in joining FORWARD should contact us at 38 King St , WC2E 8JT . |
| 25 | ‘ We still have some trade space available and anyone wishing to be present at the championships should contact us at 0232 370222 . ’ |
| 26 | It read , ‘ Meet us at 8 o'clock on Boxing Night ’ and specified a place . |
| 27 | That ‘ event ’ had little to do with science although it did provide us with one or two technological tales , albeit mostly grim ones . |
| 28 | Denunciation may not on its own provide a general justification for having a penal system , but it may help provide us with one acceptable prin-ciple of distribution for punishment . |
| 29 | It is all geared to forcing us into zero sum games . |
| 30 | Signor fragolli would meet us at one thirty P.M. outside the Central Naval Museum , which he insisted upon calling the Stock Exchange . |