Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] us the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE man who sold us the Barbie doll may soon be promoting the scandal-rocked Royal Family . |
| 2 | At the German border we were helped by a German trucker who got us the required stamps . |
| 3 | The officer who handed us the unofficial communique was risking his neck by taking a public stance against racism amongst his colleagues . |
| 4 | ‘ The caretaker who showed us the place — and he does n't know my name either . ’ |
| 5 | The girl who taught us the song was called Isabel . |
| 6 | We contacted Dr. Ford , who sent us the following reply : |
| 7 | Made by the Japanese firm of Saga ( the same people who brought us the Lowden-esque Trameleuc acoustics , plus reissues of Maccaferri gypsy jazz guitars and Regal wooden-bodied resophonics ) these new acoustics sell under the name of O.C. Smith and promise an interesting combination of European but strongly American-influenced design , together with Japanese efficiency and affordability . |
| 8 | The people who brought us the old-school Arkwright football shirts are now bringing us Subbuteo merchandise complete with the classic Subbuteo falcon logo . |
| 9 | When the Secretary of State could bring himself to talk about his own legislation , we heard from him in effect an admission that the Government who brought us the poll tax are now bringing us a new poll tax . |
| 10 | The man who gave us The Romans in Britain still knows how to make an audience feel uncomfortable . |
| 11 | He went there before you , as did your grandfather Cornelius Swift , who gave us the vases in the hallway and the stuffed baboon I had to throw out because of the fleas . |
| 12 | Apart from Fedorov , that fellow who gave us the slip the other evening might turn up . ’ |
| 13 | The man who gave us the meson |
| 14 | It was the capitalist who gave us the steam engine . |
| 15 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 16 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 17 | She may be 82 , but the woman who gave us the breathalyser is still going strong . |