Example sentences of "[prep] us [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Below us lay the winding valley of the Onny , with the dense woods of Plowden rising on the other side . |
| 2 | Fifteen thousand feet below us flowed the Hunza River and edging it , like fine purfling , the Karakoram Highway . |
| 3 | Below us sparkled the Garbh Uisge , bouncing noisily down from the melting snows over jumbled slabs . |
| 4 | Well I do n't think there 's any danger of us unleashing the nationalism . |
| 5 | Together we went back to the lodgings , she packing her belongings , both of us braving the landlady . |
| 6 | There 's plenty of us to do the work . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless modern agriculture 's contribution to the energy crisis is that each of us eats the equivalent of approximately 100 gallons of petrol each year . |
| 8 | Last Sunday I sat in a cold room with my daughter , the two of us reviling the malign fate which had robbed us of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , our weekly TV fix . |
| 9 | After watching the slaughter of three bulls — there were four more to come — some of us left the stadium to catch the bus back to Los Angeles . |
| 10 | So the three of us left the cul-de-sac which was Victoria Road . |
| 11 | Then just before the last of us left the island , a fisherman brought one in , lashed to the side of his canoe . |
| 12 | It 's very cheap ov houses are very cheap and both of us left the job and down there . |
| 13 | And it helped to maintain that crazy '70s wartime austerity , by forcing millions of us to flush the lavatory with our bathwater , boil potatoes in the fish pond and wait in yet more queues , this time for standpipe water . |
| 14 | Some of us remember the times of fixed exchange rates under the Bretton Woods system when we used to hear in the House details of public expenditure cuts , of how we had to let go a great deal of our reserves , and of high interest rates — all at once . |
| 15 | Some of us remember the old days when the NI was gloriously unpredictable — one month a short story taking up the whole magazine , the next a cartoon issue and then a bit later a fold-out world map . |
| 16 | ‘ None of us take the music biz too seriously . |
| 17 | Another thing that is quite likely to happen is that neither of us trusts the other : we both play DEFECT for all ten rounds of the game , and the banker gains $100 in fines from each of us . |
| 18 | Erm , I think I answered this question this morning in response to erm Miss Whitaker 's erm er question to me , erm Hambledon 's objection to the principle of a new settlement is based upon , erm , our interpretation of P P G three , we feel that , as I said , it would be disingenuous of us to support the principle at this stage knowing that we were unwilling to accept a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 19 | ‘ Most of us use the booths at one time or another , and they are the obvious place to go if you need a picture for your identity card . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Trouble is , ’ Lawton said , with a frown , ‘ there are n't enough of us to search the ship . |
| 21 | The three of us reached the camp by the stream on the following afternoon . |
| 22 | Many of us know the difficulties of having a dog and holding down a job . |
| 23 | The clock 's designer would know the details of its real essence whereas , says Locke , none of us know the real essence of gold . |
| 24 | ‘ With such a cultural heritage , Koreans are better placed than many of us to appreciate the dangers which confront us and the need for action before it is too late . ’ |
| 25 | Now of course it has n't needed a lambast from the likes of us to prompt the breakdown of pop entry . |
| 26 | And every residential social worker knows that I am not exaggerating when I say that after a death has occurred — often alone or with one of us holding the dying resident 's hand — the family will descend like vultures , demanding a complete inventory of all their belongings , ransacking their personal clothes for valuables , and insisting on receiving all that is left of the petty cash . |
| 27 | We got up every morning and went to our routine , boring and badly-paid jobs , some of us hoping , some of us dreading the advent of Mr Right : he who would relieve us from , God forbid , the tedium of having to rely on each other for company , comfort , support and stimulation . |
| 28 | Later most of us spent the night on the floor in our sleeping bags . |
| 29 | Anyhow , ’ he continued , ‘ the three of us spent the day locked in consultation , as Marc called it , the result being that he came charging to my rescue , routed the two con-merchants , who thought they 'd got me over a barrel , and generally behaved like the perfect human being he is . ’ |
| 30 | But neither of us had the nerve to confide in anyone else about his abuse . |