Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
| 2 | Another possible version of foundationalism holds that there are some beliefs which are given us as ‘ data ’ , and which are fully justified unless something arises to defeat their justification ( cf. the use of defeasibility in 2.3 ) . |
| 3 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
| 4 | The birds proved to be merely the lure which was to draw us into ten years of adventure through a land of waking dreams . |
| 5 | ‘ Master Shallot , ’ she called in her beautiful French voice , ‘ my husband says you are to join us in France . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , you are helping us with our enquiries . ’ |
| 7 | But may I point out to you , Dr. Briant , that I for one — and I think it likely that the audience feels much as I do — find the material you are giving us in so admirably concise and ordered a manner is not as intelligible as it might be , since we are ordinary simple souls ? |
| 8 | So I 'm saying to Graham , come on , we 're helping you , you are helping us obviously , I 'm not gon na deny the fact you 're helping us with our research . |
| 9 | If you 're comparing us with primary and secondary schools we have to remember that the erm the great erm age bulge pass has passed through the primary schools and is passing through the secondary schools and is still to reach higher education . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you 're thanking us for . ’ |
| 11 | Tony , you 're joining us from Freeland , and your views . |
| 12 | ‘ What will she be testing us on this afternoon ? ’ a small girl asked . |
| 13 | Will you be joining us for lunch ? |
| 14 | In the following car were the Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma who were to accompany us to London . |
| 15 | Not this dream you were telling us about , was it ? |
| 16 | She 's meeting us for lunch , by the way . ’ |
| 17 | Oh , Jesus , she 's driving us up the wall . |
| 18 | The People 's Hotel is on a grand scale , and we drive in style to the Foreign Language Institute , where our course takes place , every day , in company with Comrade Gao ( Ministry of Education ) , Comrade Yu ( our local interpreter ) and Comrade Wu ( a lady in her forties who is accompanying us on the rest of our tour ) . |
| 19 | In that fascinating passage in Romans 8:9–11 Paul recognises ‘ the Spirit of God ’ from Old Testament days to be none other than ‘ the Spirit of Christ ’ , the Spirit who indwelt Christ and who is given us from Christ . |
| 20 | When Gem was up here the other day she was telling us about one of them teachers who plays computer games instead of giving lessons |
| 21 | Yeah , she was telling us about it that girl , in wr in writing , what it , she was telling us it , about it being formed at a different venue , but it 's actually the Mary Wallis Theatre . |
| 22 | Dad 's was a carver and Mum 's had shortened legs because , being only 4 feet 10 inches tall , the lower chair was a great help when she was nursing us as babies . |
| 23 | It was Mrs Iverson who was telling us about it after he mentioned it . ’ |
| 24 | We had been given an army escort and were following an officer who was taking us to the camp . |
| 25 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
| 26 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |
| 27 | They are leading us in the direction of a central truth about life on Earth , the truth that I alluded to in my opening paragraph about willow seeds . |
| 28 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
| 29 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
| 30 | They 're persecuting us for our beliefs . ’ |