Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
| 2 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 3 | Various speakers congratulated us on the marvellous work we had done over the past few months . |
| 4 | Spurs coach Doug Livermore said : ‘ Andy 's young but in every pre-season game , he was so good , his performances hit us in the eye . ’ |
| 5 | After lunch two mini-buses took us to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra and the Dublin deaf were overcome by the beauty of our countryside . |
| 6 | One of our walks took us to the top of a huge escarpment at a place called Losiolo , or World 's View . |
| 7 | Our nervous Iraqi guards kept us inside the small bungalow that was ‘ home ’ for the 12 of us . |
| 8 | Two seasons ago Metro Pictures treated us to a collection of ‘ found art ’ paintings by anonymous amateur limners purchased mostly at thrift shops by a West Coast artist named Jim Shaw . |
| 9 | Wood ladders greeted us at the most difficult places across the stream . |
| 10 | Occasional cairns led us to a challenging rocky descent into another forest , full of rhododendron blossom , pine scents and birdsong . |
| 11 | Without a word Ramses led us to a boat moored at the end of the dock , a small felucca with a heavily patched sail . |
| 12 | A variety of witches faced us across the TV studio and encouraged us by supporting our warning to the public to avoid playing around with the ouija board . |
| 13 | An unexpected gap in the mountains beckoned us to a silent lake fed by waterfalls and surrounded by woods with banks of moss , lichens and fungi alive with lemmings scurrying among holes and tree roots . |
| 14 | The Quartet can be read as a ‘ simulacrum of simulation ’ in this sense : it reveals the simulated nature of the projections , speculations , and reconstructions fed us by the oral media and the role of story-telling in all so-called ‘ objective ’ compilations of factual information . |
| 15 | Whilst we recognise that conditions favoured us in the first quarter in that weather-related losses were comparatively light , the worldwide nature of the improvement , together with encouraging indications so far in the second quarter , lead us to believe that the worst is behind us and that trends will continue to improve . |
| 16 | We had chosen our visit to coincide with the full moon , but it also coincided with a period of maximum solar flare activity , and on every clear night the Lights treated us to a spectacular show in green and red . |
| 17 | I joined the others with great anticipation , of , possibly , hot coffee , French bread , maybe fried eggs awaited us in the barn . |
| 18 | Our crewmates warned us about the Biranese girls ' reputation as practitioners of a dangerous form of magic which could trap a man on their island for ever ; then they disappeared ashore into the backstreets . |
| 19 | Other member states bypassed us on the single currency by giving us an opt-out , for which the Prime Minister had to pay at Maastricht — and for which the British people will have to pay even more in the months ahead — and they bypassed us on the social chapter by simply going ahead without us . |
| 20 | A seagull on one of the lifeboats regarded us with a voyeur 's eye . |
| 21 | Some hours later , I do n't know how many , two abysmal and free-hanging abseils deposited us below the fangs of the bergschrund . |
| 22 | Anyway , we both played like a couple of 25-year-olds ( each ? ) ; seven hard adrenalin-pumping games got us to the final . |
| 23 | After two or three days of exploring Stanley and its environs it was time to go to ‘ camp ’ ( from a Spanish word ‘ campos ’ meaning countryside ) and our tour of the islands took us to the three or four places equipped to deal with small parties of visitors . |
| 24 | The court proceedings provided us with a platform ; fines and suspended sentences conferred on us an aura of minor martyrdom … |
| 25 | A steep climb through bracken and bilberries brought us to a wide rocky plateau . |
| 26 | Melford and a group of bowmen greeted us at the gate . |
| 27 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |
| 28 | " The ceremonies taught us by the Chinese emperors ceased to be celebrated fourteen years ago in China itself when the revolution of Sun Yat-sen put an end to the Manchu dynasty . |
| 29 | A short walk along the coastline past the few prettily painted small hotels brought us to the gorgeous bay lined with palm trees which we shared with the numerous shy crabs which intermittently popped out of the holes in the white sand . |
| 30 | The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries . |