Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] us [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were taken into a small chapel and some Spanish border guards gave us hot coffee and bread . |
| 2 | Regis and Gary Bannister were both denied at close range before MacDonald spared us extra time with a rising 25-yarder which found the top left corner of Steve Sherwood 's net . |
| 3 | Time 's tangles took us different ways apart , |
| 4 | The end of the cold war gave us real hopes that the Gulf operation could be the seed , round which a new role for the UN would develop . |
| 5 | Some themes of the assembly therefore were giver of life sustain your creation spirit of truth set us free spirit of unity reconcile your people Holy Spirit transform and sanctify us . |
| 6 | This inspiring service gave us new heart . |
| 7 | We walked the town walls , whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick 's stormy history . |
| 8 | There were cakes and custards and home-made bread and teacakes , when people brought us fresh yeast from Barnard Castle . |
| 9 | How hot summers brought us stripped pines : Scientists now believe a dramatic loss of conifer needles which struck West German forests may have been caused by the weather , rather than pollution . |
| 10 | That mix-up caused us serious problems for the rest of the campaign because we had to be constantly reassuring the media that we would get them good positions . |
| 11 | Sometimes the big girls bullied us little ones and made us hand over our teatime bread or evening biscuit . |
| 12 | Diesel park West sent us incredible demo tapes , but I would not do a deal without seeing them perform live. , |
| 13 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 14 | But er , Sunderland gave us free tickets , complimentary tickets not free tickets , complimentary tickets in the seats in the Grandstand ! |
| 15 | Such is fame : our exploit brought us international mention with a few lines by the Canadian Press but our feat was not mentioned in Robert Ripley 's ‘ Believe It or Not ’ column , and we had never heard of the Guinness Book of Records in those early days . |
| 16 | Standard English caused us enormous problems . |
| 17 | The journey was uneventful enough ; nights spent in some local hostelry , priory or convent where Queen Margaret 's influence and the Cardinal 's letters obtained us free food and clean but hard beds . |
| 18 | One evening , the satellite gave us interesting numbers about the AOL . |
| 19 | The only thing you can say is that DB gave us good service and for this we should be grateful . |