Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] us [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall I make us some tea ? ’ suggested Willie . |
| 2 | talking about I mean us six er pe peasants we 've got a landlord , you know , oh shall we go and kill him , he , he 's got all the authority , he 's got armed militia , the works , now to me he could have |
| 3 | I got us all of a piece , and we lay quiet . |
| 4 | While I got us some bread and butter and milk he sat on the floor with his great head bent , staring at the carpet and tracing its patterns with his forefinger . |
| 5 | ‘ I want us all three to be together . |
| 6 | And this time I want us both to make an effort to keep things friendly and pleasant . |
| 7 | I want us both to part as friends . |
| 8 | I embarrass us both . ’ |
| 9 | I opened us each a beer , then idly unfolded the aviation chart that the Maggot had stuck down between our seats . |
| 10 | I bought us some brackets . |
| 11 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
| 12 | ‘ Shall I get us some coffee and then you can make your statement ? ’ |
| 13 | I wanted us both to read it at the same time . ’ |
| 14 | The reality of what was happening to John either played on people 's own experience of terrible loss and final separation , or the fear of it , which haunts us all . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think Longfield has a problem this is something which confronts us all . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 17 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 18 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 19 | By looking at these developing years and investigating the transformations which take place you are entering new territories which begin to examine in earnest the role of the media and the effects stereotyping which influences us all . |
| 20 | When walking the fine line between bad taste and biting satire , offending your audience and getting them to laugh at themselves , Wayans is guided by only one credo : ‘ It 's our own imperfections which make us funny . |
| 21 | We even have a tiny yellowhammer which visits us each morning . |
| 22 | A good example is Dances With Wolves which cost us four thousand as a and has already sold over a hundred and twenty thousand copies . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , we sailed straight into a terrible storm , which drove us many miles eastward . |
| 24 | ‘ We hope that birth will be given to a document which will allow the coordinated action of European countries against the undesirable effects of increasing illegal migration which worry us all , ’ Mr Boross said . |
| 25 | ‘ We hope that birth will be given to a document which will allow the coordinated action of European countries against the undesirable effects of increasing illegal migration which worry us all , ’ Boross said before the meeting went into closed session . |
| 26 | ‘ It is times like these which give us all hope , ’ she said . |
| 27 | The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men . |
| 28 | In place of the few massy figures on that we see scores of small ones , ranged in six registers which give us seven stories from legend as well as a band of animals and florals , a battle of Pygmies and cranes on the foot , and other figures on the flat of the handles . |
| 29 | ‘ We are actually now dealing with a substance which affects us all , not just the few people who take cannabis for recreational purposes . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We are dealing with a substance which affects us all , not just the few who take cannabis for recreational purposes . ’ |