Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |
| 32 | Legislation helped us with the medical practice booklets . |
| 33 | London 's Evening Standard referred to ‘ AEA Technology — the reshaped Atomic Energy Authority ’ and the Daily Telegraph described us as the ‘ re-styled AEA Technology . ’ |
| 34 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 35 | The speaker told us about the role of the health visitor and how it was a separate profession to nursing . |
| 36 | The summery sound of a corn bunting 's ‘ jangling keys ’ song followed us across the fields as , at day 's end , we finally made our way back to the car . |
| 37 | My French climbing partner and I met in Toulouse and a short drive took us over the Pyrenees into Spain . |
| 38 | In this country we have lost many rituals that in the past supported us through the various stages of grief . |
| 39 | Culdrose Radar cleared us through the inactive low level danger area and agreed that we would follow the coastline through the combined MATZs . |
| 40 | Our last cliff path led us above the water , west into the setting sun , to Mgarr where we had landed a week earlier . |
| 41 | Doreen 's letter told us about the mysterious sickness . |
| 42 | At the Din as Reserve we followed the nature trail ; a board walk steered us over the bossy bits . |
| 43 | At the end of our golden period in the 1930s a 2–0 victory over Ditchford Colliery took us past the Preliminary Preliminary First Qualifying Round , although we faltered in the following Preliminary First Qualifying Round , losing 6–2 to Bonsford Hartley of the South FC . |
| 44 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 45 | ‘ How very different from Spain' was Dana 's first comment as the bus took us from the station to Avondale Buildings . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'll never forget the reception the crowd gave us at the end . ’ |
| 47 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |
| 48 | He hit one against Liverpool ( H 1–3 ) and another to secure a point at Manchester United ( 1–1 ) in 1969–70 , while in 1970–71 he stunned Leeds with a late equaliser ( H 1–1 ) and at Ipswich his penalty set us on the way to a 2–1 win . |
| 49 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 50 | My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind . |
| 51 | The small accomplice waved us into the lorry . |
| 52 | I learned about trailer driving the hard way during a competition retrieve , when an enthusiastic crew member took us off the road with an Eagle two-seater in the trailer . |
| 53 | This first ‘ phase ’ of the trip took us to the caves of Mulu National Park and Gunung Mulu mountain . |
| 54 | And that er church school took us to the standard , at that time , called standard one , which was in a big school , about half a mile away and was built by the Nottingham Education Committee and was one of say , six or eight in the Nottingham area , I suppose . |
| 55 | The Homeless Unit took us to the Housing Department . |
| 56 | However , it was as a goalscorer that Mel gained an undisputed niche in Palace 's history as the scorer of our first-ever goal in Division One , when his fine , dipping header put us into the lead and on the way to a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on the opening day of season 1969–70 . |
| 57 | The song of a nightingale greeted us at the entrance to Hotel Glade . |
| 58 | After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books . |
| 59 | That first visit convinced us of the magnitude of what lay ahead : the task of regreening our country . |
| 60 | Her death reminded us of the dangers of complacency in Africa . |