Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] us on [art] " in BNC.

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1 You caught us on the hop there , ol' buddy .
2 Can you assist us on the approach which you have adopted in terms not only of greenbelt function , but of the need for a strategic reserve ?
3 It 's incredibly kind of you to meet us on the offchance .
4 You put us on the back burner-you 'll deal with it next week , next month — you 'll do that until you retire ! ’
5 If you already receive Housing Benefit we will automatically work out your Poll Tax Benefit from the information you gave us on the ‘ Review ’ form we recently sent .
6 Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . "
7 You have us on the case , padrone .
8 ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow .
9 He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him .
10 Er it erm er the result was that you was really working flat out all the summer , and then as the winter advanced , you got very short of work , and they put us on the dole , for half a week .
11 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 .
12 Satellite dishes , we went t when we went to Falmouth they took us on a trip there , it was interesting .
13 When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it .
14 A GREAT big thank you to the people of Liverpool , especially for the magnificent reception they gave us on the march-past on Saturday morning .
15 They enlighten us on the mystery , we are grateful to them , we trust them and then we buy their product .
16 While Janine and John cooked supper , he led us on a trek through the woods and around the two-mile meadow .
17 GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground .
18 He overtook us on the river and arrived ahead of me .
19 The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians .
20 ‘ All political figures are mad , ’ said Reid as he joined us on the veranda .
21 But first he takes us on a brisk trot through lesser ranges , principally the Alps , from Balmat on Mont Blanc to the many feats of Mummery and beyond .
22 We met the most morbid man in the world when we were there , he took us on a guided tour of all these famous murder sights — including the Dakota building where John Lennon got shot . ’
23 We met the most morbid man in the world when we were there , he took us on a guided tour of all these famous murder sights — including the Dakota building where John Lennon got shot . ’
24 Like many errors , it catches us on the two horns of a false choice .
25 ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned .
26 People came up to us to congratulate us on the reading .
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