Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] us [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fascinated , I finally waylaid Dr Allott in the street one day , just after he 'd paid us a visit , and I plucked up courage to ask him what these strange words meant . |
| 2 | Many major obstacles had been overcome : a friend had loaned me £1,500 , and two others , Tommy and Hilary Thomas , had given us a home after my curacy at St Luke 's Church , Cheetham , had terminated . |
| 3 | He had wept almost at the calling up of Michael Soames , who he thought might never dance again , but had given us a most glowing description of an Egyptian hand dance by Mr Anton Dolin . |
| 4 | Andy had given us a special ticket which was non-transferable , so we sat in the departure lounge disconsolately watching half-empty flights leaving for Heathrow . |
| 5 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 6 | Various anthropologists had remarked on this zombie tradition — but in Makassar Werner had given us a supplementary twist to the story . |
| 7 | A north-west gale had given us a good shaking up crossing from Peterhead to Wick resulting in a cracked cylinder head . |
| 8 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |
| 9 | I never thought I 'd say that a sneak thief had done us a favour . |
| 10 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 11 | We re-learnt the lessons that had made us a free , harmonious and prosperous nation in the past . |
| 12 | The remedy could have been more appropriately applied if those prescribing it had offered us a clearer understanding of what a clause is and how far it may be similar to various other structures . |
| 13 | Over the first three legs the French had shown us a clean pair of heels , especially with superior baton-passing . |
| 14 | Our children had brought us a lot of happiness . |
| 15 | Mama had brought us every year , and we somehow fitted in . ’ |
| 16 | But we 've got a massive sackful of stuff and no one had left us a forwarding address and the landlady had n't been to us about any of them . |
| 17 | It had taken us an hour to walk but had taken the men who drove it thirteen years of drilling and blasting through 748 fathoms of solid rock to build it . |
| 18 | Amused by Mr Baker 's diplomatic skills , I composed a letter to Roald Dahl , and luckily by the end of July he had sent us a sensible letter of resignation . |
| 19 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 20 | ‘ Just one moment , Mr Angel is free now , ’ she said into the mouthpiece in a voice I had n't heard since Fenella 's parents had paid us a visit once . |