Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finally agreed to meet us for lunch at the Mayflower Hotel , but nothing happened between them . |
| 2 | Finally he agreed to provide us with an escort to Aussa . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you saying Mills was a traitor , that he helped to mislead us into thinking WIN was genuine ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 5 | They tried to give us to our ancient enemies in 1912 , 1974 , 1985 and now we 've had the ‘ Brooke initiative ’ which was another attempt by Westminster to be rid of us . |
| 6 | We did not really listen , but it helped to put us in the right mood . |
| 7 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 8 | We also heard from someone who suffered with us in the hands of Southwark Offset , which tried to modernise us in the 1960s ( Letters , p 476 ) . |
| 9 | Her teaching mostly consisted of falling asleep while we children fought each other , but Mr Wopsle 's young cousin , Biddy , tried to keep us under control and teach us to read , write and count . |
| 10 | Billy was a tower of strength in Palace 's two years in the 1st Division , 1979–81 , missing only five of our 84 games there , and then his sturdy and dependable displays helped to keep us from further embarrassment after we had returned to Division Two , so that every Palace fan was sorry to see Billy opt to leave us for Portsmouth in the 1984 close season . |
| 11 | The Open College of Arts tried to interest us in their ‘ creative Writing ’ course by sending us a magazine compiled from the students work . |
| 12 | Tried to get us to stey up fur a slow wan . |
| 13 | Last week he promised to supply us with a written explanation of the way his company had treated Debbie , but it never arrived . |
| 14 | His 12 strikes in the 1st Division in 1989–90 were an important feature of Palace 's creditable showing there , while our fans will of course always remember that it was Mark 's crashing drive at the start of the second half that began our recovery against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final and , ultimately , helped to take us to Wembley . |
| 15 | ‘ When we were kids , I was ten , Claire was five , Dad promised to take us to Disneyland . |
| 16 | ‘ When we were kids , ’ she says , ‘ Dad promised to take us to Disneyland . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She 's the neighbour who phoned to tell us about Aunt Bertha , ’ Lucy whispered to Silas . |
| 18 | He had no news of John , but once we had overcome an initial awkwardness , he tried to tell us about his experience . |
| 19 | Just before he died , Leonard Cheshire came to see us with his fellow members of the Order of Merit . |
| 20 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 21 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 22 | Once again Abbot Bere came to greet us in the guest house , accompanied by a monk who had been absent at our earlier meeting . |
| 23 | A reply came thanking us for our letter and saying it is receiving attention . |
| 24 | We taxied towards the buildings and a little party of figures came to meet us as if they were welcoming a foreign diplomat . |
| 25 | Ellie came put us to bed . |
| 26 | Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 . |
| 27 | When I got there he was pleased to see me ; he seemed to expect us to be able to do something about his leg but of course we could n't . |
| 28 | During this time , our camp was visited by the secretary of the local Communist party , who seemed to suspect us of being illegal collectors of mumiya , semi-fossilised pika droppings thought to have medicinal properties . |
| 29 | Then they 'd they 'd bunged us in the train and sent us down to Marseilles . |
| 30 | ‘ They came to keep us in parley , while you assault us . ’ |