Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] us [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , most agencies refused us access , except to a minority of birth parents whose children were freed for adoption , often against their wishes . |
| 2 | We arrived at a Roman Catholic church where kind ladies gave us food and blankets , and soon we were all cosily asleep on the hard church floor . |
| 3 | Birthtales gave us insight into the most essential human experience , birth , where artists from different cultural backgrounds found a common ground . |
| 4 | City cops looked the other way , and the Cal State Angels loaned us hardware . |
| 5 | For the next 4 ½ hours the men held us hostage , told us about their comrades who had already fallen in battle , and threatened to kill us . |
| 6 | To Emma Durham , the Treasurer , who against difficult odds kept us solvent , to Michelle O'Callaghan , the Social Secretary , whose art of mixing cocktails ensures that she will always have something to fall back on should the need arise , and to Diane Mynors , the Housechair for her ability to seek out bargains ( how many people do you know that could get 14 bottles of dishwashing liquid for 64 p . |