Example sentences of "us come " in BNC.

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1 I mean Special Branch has asked us to come in .
2 But the Venezuelan turned at the door and ordered us to come downstairs and drink with them .
3 He did n't expect us to come rolling out of the pubs drunk , and the Yorkshire pudding to get flung at the ceiling with the gravy running down the walls like the tears of a black madonna .
4 It is now possible , therefore , for us to come to the all important differences between my character and myself .
5 It was a centre in Peterborough who immediately urged us to come down and have a look round .
6 For the rest of us , coming to terms with our grey hair and living with it may be a practical way of encouraging us to come to terms with our chronological age and of easing ourselves into a new age group .
7 Sometimes , too , it is possible to make the mistake of thinking that she is expecting us to come up with all the answers when , often , all she wants is the opportunity to state the problem to someone who understands and will not criticise her .
8 He was just like he was in the very early days ; he asked us to come out to his house and have dinner .
9 In this way , our porn helps us to come out .
10 Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club .
11 ‘ She told us to come up an' do yer a nice kindness by talkin' to yer . ’
12 ‘ Us is in 'ere , Sergeant Joe , ’ called Ella , ‘ Mum told us to come up and talk to yer lady friend . ’
13 Our study of exotic tribal religions , however , enables us to come to terms with this tantalizing problem at a safe distance ; indirectly it makes it easier to realize that it is not the presence of such beliefs that is odd or unusual but their absence .
14 He said he liked us and wanted us to come back , though he liked me the best …
15 He scrambled down from his chair and looked hopefully at Nick , and when he said , ‘ Do you mean you want us to come and help milk the cow ? ’
16 Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway .
17 we 'd never , like I mean , I can remember in Plymouth dad saying when we get there , erm we 'll buy a television , we 'll have a television and we did n't know what he was talking about and he said it 's a wireless with pictures , you know , and our minds were boggling we just could n't understand it , and then of course that was another bit of bribery got us to come .
18 ‘ He does n't want us to come until he 's found somewhere nice . ’
19 It was mid-afternoon when we heard Mme Guérigny 's strident market voice shouting from the courtyard up to our window , asking us to come over .
20 Mahmud waved his shirt and the barge cut its engines for a moment for us to come alongside .
21 I should say that you should think , well those of us that are healthy any way , we should be glad that our body 's have stood us this length of time and have allowed us to come here to this programme and to take part in it , I 'm certainly delighted that mine 's a , gave me three children , nothing to complain about .
22 If we needed to talk to your scheme and if we would , it would be fairly serious incident for us to come to you , to tell you about it ask Phil for some help with it .
23 " You ca n't expect us to come here ? "
24 My aunt and uncle were waiting for us to come through .
25 We went in to the University and met up with Ian Jamieson , who invited us to come and stay with them for a few days .
26 Well next time you 're in a taxi getting shaken about by a monster from Hell , do n't expect us to come to your rescue again .
27 If in pain control , you were in control of your own pain , you have less than if it were a set wait every four hours for us to come and give you a tablet .
28 I think , I regard it as an insult to the people who actually elected us to come to this Cou these Council meetings .
29 It wo n't help us to come to a proper decision quickly . ’
30 What , when do you want us to come and knock for you ?
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