Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cross has not told us what he did with Hiatt 's stock of leg irons when their export was banned in 1984 , nor has he told us about Hiatt 's attempts to export ‘ extended ’ cuffs which the government has now included in the ban . |
| 2 | I gave his wife some mulberries last autumn and I know he trusts us with the petrol allowance and anyway this beastly rationing should be over soon , so I know I should n't complain when some people have had it much worse up in town . |
| 3 | Sec secondly we must welcome Paul to the meeting , as you know he joined us at the beginning of January to run the neighbourhood watch schemes and as office manager I thought it appropriate he attend the management meetings . |
| 4 | Does he expect us to be convinced by his words about the prevalence of cholera in the pits ? |
| 5 | Where does he expect us to be after the 1996 conference ? |
| 6 | What does he take us for , how am I to feed a family of six ? ’ |
| 7 | Not only does he take us to the site but he drives straight through the crowd , lights blazing , to the backstage area . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , if he 's so decent , ’ said Amiss , as he donned the pyjamas he had specially bought for the purposes of room-sharing , ‘ why does he allow us to be fed so badly ? ’ |
| 9 | He rarely seizes the imagination by exhibiting the higher excellencies , nor does he captivate us by that originality which attends the Painter who thinks for himself . |