Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] us [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ True , but we need a second Geiger counter and there is n't time to wait for them to send us another one . ’ |
| 2 | talking about I mean us six er pe peasants we 've got a landlord , you know , oh shall we go and kill him , he , he 's got all the authority , he 's got armed militia , the works , now to me he could have |
| 3 | Any chance of you giving us another five units of something . |
| 4 | ‘ The enormity [ sic ] of it scared us both . |
| 5 | Well there used to be just me but then they 've employed another one and we were so fed up with being on nights that we said look , I 'm afraid we 've had enough of this , you know so she I said to her how about you allocate us each to a ward you see |
| 6 | Larry , that is a cue , perhaps , for you to read us one of your poems . |
| 7 | I 've persuaded the people who matter that I 'm the best man to work with you to help us clear this up , but I 'm like a football manager , Cameron ; I can be replaced at a moment 's notice and I 'm only as good as the results I get . |
| 8 | Now , even in it took us some , some time to get the situation under control but we did eventually get it under control but , as I say , not without a lot of misgivings and very very strong complaints from the public at large . |
| 9 | he 's only been f here for half of the Debate , under those circumstances since he ca n't have heard all the arguments , it 's a bit rich for him to call us casual . |
| 10 | My own view is that the fate of working people , the trade unions and the Labour Party are one and the same and that any attempt to weaken links between us condemns us all to the same failure . |
| 11 | How terrible to think that the men around them wish us ill ! " sighed Louise . |
| 12 | Everything around us makes us enthusiastic about knitting again after the lazy outdoor days of summer . |