Example sentences of "[vb past] us with [noun] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | On the second day we went out climbing again but the assessors — there was one for every two candidates — constantly posed us with problems to find out how we would deal with rescues and emergencies . |
| 4 | They overtook us with science , and [ sound of explosion ] Islam … [ burst of gunfire and sound lost ] . |
| 5 | Mazzin 's presence filled us with foreboding . |
| 6 | But it was something else that filled us with terror . |
| 7 | He insisted we join him for dinner where he regaled us with tidbits of gossip from the court and city . |
| 8 | The more we expanded , the worse our cashflow got till , in the end , our very success threatened us with bankruptcy . |
| 9 | Grooms and ostlers furnished us with horses for our journey . |
| 10 | We sat on a sofa beneath the doleful gaze of these trophies while Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian delicacies which he brought simmering from the kitchen . |
| 11 | Nobody stormed us with pitch forks , or even shouted ‘ hoi , you ’ , as we opened and closed gates along the private section of road . |
| 12 | We worked very hard while Pippin and PJ watched us with interest from the comfort of the sofa . |
| 13 | A local man with eyes like a hawk 's , a sound knowledge of the terrain and a fund of good ‘ birdy ’ stories , he inspired us with optimism . |
| 14 | A crisp winter morning greeted us with snow quilted in twinkling ice crystals . |
| 15 | ‘ Gorbachev sends troops to Georgia ’ was The Times headline that day and the hotel manager greeted us with news that one of the two helicopters had crashed last Friday , leaving three people in hospital . |
| 16 | Still , they met us with fire trucks ; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures . |
| 17 | She looked slyly at my master , just like Queen Margaret had , though she greeted us civilly enough , ordering servants to take our guide and the baggage off to the guest house while she entertained us with cups of wine , fresh-baked bread and huge bowls of hot spicy broth . |
| 18 | I explain to them that the local garage which supplied us with petrol has closed and we therefore no longer have an account . |
| 19 | On request , the East Midlands Region Office of the NCC supplied us with permits to visit . |
| 20 | We had some 200 replies , a large number of which were from LEAs and INSET providers who supplied us with policy documents or general literature . |
| 21 | He would not be true to himself if he showered us with blessings while we 're outside of his will . |
| 22 | We ran away with Oliver between us , and they chased us with dogs . ’ |