Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kindness of our neighbours helped us over this difficult period . |
| 2 | One of the things that helped us over this difficult period was the fact that earlier that year the cutter crews had decided to form their very own association . |
| 3 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 4 | we have actually had a sort of barrel expert er who told us about this . |
| 5 | Does he recall that it is exactly a year since he told us in this House , ’ Our policies are working ’ ? |
| 6 | He messed us about this weekend did n't he ? |
| 7 | The Great War started and took the scho er This Road school had all men teachers extep except standard one , which was an introduction from infants to grown-up and a matronly lady always called Miss , er broke us into this new sort of discipline and sternness really . |
| 8 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 9 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 10 | You got us into this , was my uncharitable thought , now you hold the fort while we climb out of it . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 12 | ‘ The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry I ran and got us into this mess . |