Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the main town , we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter . |
| 2 | Which which Mrs Thatcher rightly committed us to and rightly whipped us through the house And and it and it |
| 3 | On the second day we went out climbing again but the assessors — there was one for every two candidates — constantly posed us with problems to find out how we would deal with rescues and emergencies . |
| 4 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 5 | Which which Mrs Thatcher rightly committed us to and rightly whipped us through the house And and it and it |
| 6 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
| 7 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 8 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 9 | Mark finally led us to the summit of Mont Blonc du Tacul just as darkness fell . |
| 10 | There was one general 's wife who looked like a peasant in disguise and another woman whose get-up produced ill-concealed mirth among the assembly , but an icy glance from the Empress soon punished us for it . |
| 11 | ‘ It just hit us in the face , ’ said Robin . |
| 12 | and luckily it just took us round the side of the platform and away then . |
| 13 | It was worth getting back to Paul 's route for it soon brought us to Hardy 's birthplace , a small thatched cottage just outside Higher Bockhampton . |
| 14 | Abu piloted us with all the aplomb of a sailor surging through dangerous surf , and finally brought us to an entire circular village of some sixty three-storey houses , all shaped like space-arcs . |
| 15 | Sir , May I express through your columns Sends a Cow 's gratitude to the many people in our beleaguered industry who generously supported us at the Royal Show this year . |
| 16 | ( When he finally left us for the United States , he took these gifts back from me , with the excuse that as he had bought them in Berlin he wanted to show them to the dancer . |
| 17 | This was evidently the work of Calum and Effie , our immediate neighbours , who soon greeted us in person and helped us to settle in . |
| 18 | ‘ I just wanted us to be married as soon as possible . |
| 19 | O K , I just wanted us to , to do that erm , because erm , one of the things that I suspect when you 're getting down to doing your plan tomorrow , is that with the best will in the world , even though I say but this is for sales course , one of things you will want objectively to look at is either your revenue or your trading base or something , er , I just wanted to carry that through . |
| 20 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 21 | Some of the old guard ashore still regarded us as playboys though , and resented the money that was being spent on the new boats and their equipment . |
| 22 | Claire calmly told us about Umbria 's ‘ surprising ’ popularity with vipers . |
| 23 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
| 24 | In the end he looked back on Dulles as ‘ a worthy and interesting adversary — he always kept us on our toes ’ . |
| 25 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 26 | ‘ She deliberately kept us in the dark because she wanted to prove that she could get over this monster barrier of performing live on her own . |
| 27 | Periods of injury between 1972 and 1976 possibly robbed us of his best years . |
| 28 | The Germans hardly shelled us at all . |
| 29 | Now we had moved on to bigger and better things , this predictability still stood us in good stead . |
| 30 | We were greeted by an entourage from the Dyfed Wildlife Trust led by their Director , David Saunders , who instantly led us to the boat . |