Example sentences of "[vb pp] we [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major said Mr Patten had been ‘ the architect of of the campaign that has won us this victory … |
| 2 | The Queen says : ‘ The prayers , understanding and sympathy given to us by so many of you in good times and bad have lent us great support and encouragement . |
| 3 | The prayers , understanding and sympathy given to us by so many of you in good times and bad have lent us great support and encouragement . |
| 4 | He has made us nervous wrecks , ’ he said . |
| 5 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 6 | The physical and mental experience had made us healthier people and proof of the excitement and joy of the trip is that I have now become one of the greatest bores on mountain biking in the Swedish Arctic . |
| 7 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 8 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 9 | If they had just kept the stuff they removed , it would have saved us six months of work . ’ |
| 10 | He would have done us such credit . |
| 11 | In an elderly upper-crust voice , I complained about ‘ This business of trying to jam the other chaps ' telephones — y'know , it has n't done us any favours at all , frankly . |
| 12 | Political spite has done us enormous damage , but it 's not the whole story . |
| 13 | She had visited us many times over a nu number of years and said it was our turn to visit her and we just laughed . |
| 14 | You 've turned us that route because your Government have switched away from what matters from British people that we represent . |
| 15 | You should have seen us last Saturday . |
| 16 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 17 | At the Carnival , 1925 , when I was 10 , Sam had first bought us large ice-creams and had decided , before going into the circus , to take the three of us to the menageries ( at an extra cost of two pence , if I remember right ) . |
| 18 | Malcolm 's got us this singer , we kept saying to each other , and he ca n't sing , what is all this about ? |
| 19 | ‘ So you 've told us many times , ’ said Rozanov not looking up . |
| 20 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 21 | A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season . |
| 22 | It was the happening that we Hastings children had dreaded ever since our Junior School Headmaster , who also taught Physics , had told us one day in class . |
| 23 | You 've told us one point seven million disappeared in surplus |
| 24 | ‘ Praise God , who has shown us marvellous mercies ! ’ breathed Prior Robert in rapture . |
| 25 | Historical and sociological studies of the curriculum have shown us that school subjects are not simply rationally selected for explicit educational aims but are reflections of larger social and political forces . |
| 26 | Lawrence said : ‘ This is the second time Portsmouth have humiliated us this season . |
| 27 | Lawrence said : ‘ This is the second time Portsmouth have humiliated us this season . |
| 28 | Kumi ( 22 ) , said : ‘ Many people have heard and read what happened and have offered us all kinds of help . |
| 29 | ‘ Jobs , jobs , President Clinton has offered us 50,000 jobs this summer . ’ |
| 30 | Farvver Murphy at the church 'as promised us some paint , an' whitewash fer the ceilin 's , an' one o' the lads knows where 'e can get all the timber we need , no questions asked o' course . |