Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took us inside and introduced us to Kjell-Arne , a lanky , shy youth who worked for him and was told to make coffee , and Tove , the kennel girl . |
| 2 | erm could actually do , so what we are saying here is it needs to be considered seriously in answer so you know we hope the Liberal Democrats will perhaps come in and support us on this or perhaps amend their motion and send this via the panel . |
| 3 | And then come back down and meet us in the club when you 've finished . |
| 4 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
| 5 | It 's a privilege and an honour for me to thank him , on your behalf , for coming here tonight and addressing us in the way he has . |
| 6 | We walk down the street and are instantly recognised by a handsome Latino man and his girlfriend who come over and ask us for works . |
| 7 | A lay brother came over and took us into the abbey church to hear morning mass and , believe me , for the glory is now gone , the abbey church of Glastonbury was the nearest thing to heaven on earth . |
| 8 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
| 9 | When you call us on and tell us of any defective traffic signals or pedestrian crossings , we will get things moving again . |
| 10 | He pulled the sheets aside and led us down some steps . |
| 11 | I 'm looking for the magical pleasureboat , to carry us off and lose us in a kingdom out at sea . |
| 12 | We tried tooth and nail and finally impaled it on a thorn tree , tugging at it until the branch flew off and hurtled us into a ditch . |
| 13 | ‘ She got our backs up and treated us like schoolchildren , ’ said Davies . |
| 14 | Indeed the only real drawback , if you can call it that , is that people are continually coming up and congratulating us on our victory over England . ’ |
| 15 | He 'd just rob us and tie us up and leave us for the wolves , I expect . ’ |
| 16 | is er , Robert you can come up and take us through the four steps of selling . |
| 17 | You 'll be please to know our patient has decided to waken up and grace us with his company , at long last . ’ |
| 18 | Branch out and join us for : workshops — tree planting — exhibitions — food — stimulation and relaxation . |
| 19 | Blindly we are carried to the abyss of the 21st century without a philosophical air bag to spring out and cushion us on impact . |
| 20 | After a moment , she managed to say through tight lips : ‘ Come out and visit us on Sunday . ’ |
| 21 | The Ixyphalians will tear our bowels out and hang us with them . |
| 22 | A tall muscular Lance-Corporal ( I think ) in a red beret and camouflage suit stepped into the doorway of the coach , gave us all a knowing look , and stepped out and nodded us through the outer gate . |
| 23 | Come down now and help us with the boat . ’ |
| 24 | All you have to do to win is answer the three questions correctly and phone us with your answers on the Ovation Competition Hotline ( 0891 100734 ) . |
| 25 | Live fast , die young and then come back and haunt us for ever . |
| 26 | I mean do n't be frightened to come back and see us about that |
| 27 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
| 28 | And this particular public regulation is all about and protecting us from ourselves , and although we do need protection from of the world , we do n't need protection from ourselves . |
| 29 | This Soviet specialist , whose views remain unofficial , proposed a Non-Alignment Pact for Afghanistan , ‘ which would both guarantee the West against our continued presence there and guarantee us against a Western presence ’ . |
| 30 | He could have slit our throats for us then and there and thrown us in the canal , likely as not . |