Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] us [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | This is somewhat unfortunate because by the fourteenth of January we are supposed to agree a purchase plan with the health authority , and it 's a little difficult to do that in the absence of the knowledge of what conditions are attaching us to where and how you can spend the money . |
2 | Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , later countered : ‘ If the Labour Party are accusing us of an electoral bribe , it shows that they find it rather difficult to criticise us on any other grounds . ’ |
3 | ‘ No , you are helping us with our enquiries . ’ |
4 | The French have been accusing us of lack of co-operation lately — military co-operation , that is . |
5 | 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 . ’ |
6 | 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 . ’ |
7 | Why is it that some general secretaries of certain unions are pushing us down the path of severing our links ? |
8 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
9 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
10 | 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 . |
11 | So I 'm saying to Graham , come on , we 're helping you , you are helping us obviously , I 'm not gon na deny the fact you 're helping us with our research . |
12 | ‘ I do n't understand why they 're keeping us in here , ’ he grumbled . |
13 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you 're thanking us for . ’ |
14 | They 're persecuting us for our beliefs . ’ |
15 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
16 | We 've , the protest succeeded in focusing a spotlight on this northern test site where the Soviets hope to continue nuclear testing after their own people stopped them in Khazakstan They 're rattled and they 're angry with us , and now they 're punishing us by preventing us from having direct communication with our friends and finding out that they 're safe and well . |
17 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
18 | They 've stopped their work just now and they 're joining us for our morning worship along with some children from James Gillespie 's High School Choir . |
19 | Tony , you 're joining us from Freeland , and your views . |
20 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
21 | If you 're comparing us with primary and secondary schools we have to remember that the erm the great erm age bulge pass has passed through the primary schools and is passing through the secondary schools and is still to reach higher education . |
22 | He says : ‘ There are great forces at work , and they 've already embraced us in a world market , they 're sweeping us towards a European destiny . |
23 | Because of your health , pet , they 're putting us on the priority list , say we did n't ought to be below-ground , nor too high . |
24 | A foreigner who is stunningly attractive will readily upset the apple-cart of our preconceptions , as will a friend whom we discover has been slandering us behind our back . |
25 | The Government are leading us to a shambles . |
26 | As the Factory supremo Tony Wilson pointed out at the time , ‘ New Order are leading us into an age of passionate computer music ’ . |
27 | They are leading us in the direction of a central truth about life on Earth , the truth that I alluded to in my opening paragraph about willow seeds . |
28 | And he was saying he said oh you 've been good you 've been feeding us with cups of teas . |
29 | ‘ And what 's all this codswallop you 've been feeding us about Old Red 's being foul to nurses ? |
30 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |