Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as giving us data for the industry , the LFS provided us with information about the narrow ( KOS ) occupational group of waiters and bar staff in which casuals are concentrated . |
| 2 | We asked him where it came from in the bible , and he referred us to Exodus chapter 14 . |
| 3 | In support of his employment Mr. Collins referred us to Reg. v. Liverpool Corporation , Ex parte Liverpool Taxi Fleet Operators ' Association [ 1972 ] 2 Q.B . |
| 4 | The guard invited us for tea . |
| 5 | He was a friend of a friend , and gave us a warm welcome and invited us to lunch . |
| 6 | He gave us his telephone number at the Ministry , and one afternoon when we rang him there he invited us to dinner . |
| 7 | Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of . |
| 8 | The Dundee deaconess , who helped us with advice about children 's books an her own delightful design for a Chalet School sampler , said that she hoped our efforts together would bring ‘ help , food and life to many . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What a very , very good thing you stopped us in time ! ’ she said to Brenda . |
| 10 | They overtook us with science , and [ sound of explosion ] Islam … [ burst of gunfire and sound lost ] . |
| 11 | It was an appalling invasion and drove us to fury . |
| 12 | Mazzin 's presence filled us with foreboding . |
| 13 | But it was something else that filled us with terror . |
| 14 | When Heg told us about TIE 's contacts in Brazil , we wrote to them . |
| 15 | There was an excellent example some weeks ago , when M told us about nuclear-waste dumping at sea — how much , what it contained , where it was ditched , how dangerous it might be , what was known and what was n't — all explained quickly , painlessly , economically . |
| 16 | Yeah I was surprised that er Kathleen is it , when Kathleen told us down street about her , her son |
| 17 | Anyway … they told us to hand in all our Arctic kit , fur parkas , white camouflage , etc . ’ |
| 18 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |
| 19 | Much has already been written about the Invasion of Europe and I am in no position to go into details of the actual event , but can only record how it affected us in Bomber Command . |
| 20 | They are a bulwark against that dark night : the candle that protected us in childhood . |
| 21 | I was going to tell you earlier , but somehow Ewen 's misdeeds threw us off track — I 'll be in Cambridge next term . |
| 22 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 23 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 24 | They joined us for breakfast that first sunny morning on the terrace of our secluded villa tucked amid the pine trees by the sparkling blue sea . |
| 25 | And Lee and his girl-friend , Suzanne , drove up from Plymouth in time to miss it , but joined us for dinner at Browns . |
| 26 | Richard joined us for dinner , though he ate cautiously . |
| 27 | Just like they taught us at college . |
| 28 | Soon , however , we were into long stretches of powder and spring snow where Andrew videoed us in action . |
| 29 | However , the extraordinary pleasure of seeing a bunch of terrified men running in all directions and in complete disarray spurred us into action . |
| 30 | The press blamed us for Labour 's defeat , the Tories blamed us for Labour 's defeat and now it looks as thought the Labour Party is blaming us for Labour 's defeat . |