Example sentences of "[vb past] we [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah that cost us thirty quid . |
| 2 | ‘ He was very friendly and told us other people , but no couples , had come forward claiming to be in his picture . ’ |
| 3 | Sir Emmanuel once sent us some grouse from his own table but it was not to our taste -it had been cooked in port wine and laced with some spices . |
| 4 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |
| 5 | Well I thought , saved us twenty quid ! |