Example sentences of "[vb past] us [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened us each a beer , then idly unfolded the aviation chart that the Maggot had stuck down between our seats . |
| 2 | The procedure was that Private Boyd handed us each a belt complete with pistol holster and ammo pouches and then Sergeant Waters launched each of us through the door with a pat on the shoulder , telling us we had one minute 's start . |
| 3 | ’ I 'll go with you , ’ I said , which surprised us both a little . |
| 4 | Eadred coolly agreed , informed us that food would be sent across and bade us all a courteous good night . |
| 5 | The fat Corporal had accompanied us to Lille station , bought us all a beer , and joined us on the train . |
| 6 | ‘ You gave us all a start , ’ Rose said happily . |
| 7 | A tall muscular Lance-Corporal ( I think ) in a red beret and camouflage suit stepped into the doorway of the coach , gave us all a knowing look , and stepped out and nodded us through the outer gate . |
| 8 | At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur . |
| 9 | It gave us all a terrible shock . |
| 10 | The day they told us we were to close gave us all a shock |
| 11 | ‘ Gave us all a nasty upset , I remember . ’ |
| 12 | Gave us all a once over . ’ |
| 13 | He gave , they gave us all a lovely mug each , beautiful |
| 14 | An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point . |
| 15 | ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea . |
| 16 | Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness . |
| 17 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 18 | You gave us such a fright . |
| 19 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |