Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 2 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 3 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 4 | The car took us to the Monument , and then we saw the Worm . ’ |
| 5 | I followed them onto a narrow , crumbling ledge above the ravine where the wind hurled us against the wall . |
| 6 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 7 | The firm 's management approached us in the summer of 1980 , asking if we could find out ‘ what had happened ’ to their former employees , and agreed to provide the names and addresses of those who had lost their jobs . |
| 8 | When the blessed saint visited us in the church there , as before in vision , she came with showers of may-blossom . |
| 9 | The ride home took us through the Red Light district ( not that I noticed ) . |
| 10 | This interchange brought us to the foot of the bad step beneath Crib Goch summit . |
| 11 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 12 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 13 | ‘ The centre 's management supplied us with the display screens , upon which we quickly pinned up posters , photographs and press-cuttings . |
| 14 | It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag . |
| 15 | The nurse in charge called us into the office , where a young female duty doctor was waiting . |
| 16 | A bomb hit us in the night , d' ya not know that ? |
| 17 | Then Edward 's papa took us on the lake in a rowing-boat . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The threat from a nuclear war forced us in the post-war period to think in terms of war destroying the whole planet . |
| 19 | My friend 's friend advised us on the best solicitors for a rape case , but warned that the final bill might be enough to buy a flat in Mayfair . |
| 20 | A Zim motor-car took us from the airport to the Europe Hotel which is just off the Nevsky prospekt , the wide main street of Leningrad . |
| 21 | The next day took us past the quarter-way mark , and brought us within seven miles of In Salah . |
| 22 | His departure left us on the not very charismatic score of 69 for 6 . |
| 23 | I think he was convinced the green was fast , but maybe he had forgotten we were coming out of the rough and the topspin ran us through the green . |
| 24 | An early start the next morning found us on the ferry bound to the island of Santorini , around 112 kilometres to the north of Crete . |
| 25 | And I did n't know about the drugs until the Customs launch stopped us in the bay . |
| 26 | It was a proud day for ‘ The Tip ’ when the dawning of the 89/90 season saw us amongst the Multivite/Singletons elite . |
| 27 | Two hours ' climbing brought us to the narrow ledge from which one entered Antony 's cave through a cleft in the cliff-face . |
| 28 | From Alta , which is a small fishing village , our chosen route took us over the high plateau towards Varanger Fiord . |
| 29 | When the doors of the huge dining room at the zoo were thrown open we were first in , but a sergeant cook met us in the entrance with : " I want three volunteers for dishwashing — you , you and you , " and marched us away . |
| 30 | An unusual call led us to the reeds by the lake , and it turned out to be an ortolan bunting , quite distinctive with its buff chest and olive-green head . |