Example sentences of "[verb] us our [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the big retail market which opens later on the combined scents of ripe peaches and the fresh basil and thyme plants lying in heaps on the ground gave us our first sniff of Provence . |
| 2 | ‘ It happened again this year , though we won 4– 3 on penalties which gave us our fourth win of the series . ’ |
| 3 | I think that Lawrence gives us our first clue in the writing of dialogue : that we must listen and , having listened , ask ourselves how we feel about the voice we 've just heard . |
| 4 | Introductory sales have been made to Poland and Hungary which gives us our first opening into Eastern Europe . |
| 5 | Pip 's name gives the image of a growing seed and this gives us our first idea of the plot . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope I 've misunderstood , but it seems to me that Ace 's romantic attachment has just lost us our last chance to prevent this , ’ she waved her arms in a circle , ‘ this monstrosity from wiping out an entire planetary system and its inhabitants . |
| 7 | Andrew Logan 's party , for instance , which got us our first press — a mention in an upmarket society fashion magazine . |