Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] us from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young men leap past us from the roof above , splashing into the water to catch up with their canoes , beer bottles held aloft . |
| 2 | He reads the texts that remain to us from sixth century Greece as evidence of ‘ a more thoroughgoing individual challenge to the orthodox cultural tradition … than occurred elsewhere ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 3 | There are three small boys who call on us from time to time , ‘ just visiting ’ , as they put it . |
| 4 | Yet as individuals they are believable , not only for themselves but by virtue of their involvement with other people and the opinions of their behaviour that come to us from their shipmates and their superiors . |
| 5 | ‘ People come to us from department stores because they ca n't find this kind of furniture there , ’ said manager Steve Raper . |