Example sentences of "[prep] us [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rank on rank they stretched to the horizon , their reflections shimmering towards us on a blue mirror . |
| 2 | The pilot cut the motor and the plane slid towards us with a curious hissing sound . |
| 3 | He became enormously excited and , as the rest of the party started back towards us with a huge mound of lavatory paper balanced on the ravioli , he hopped from foot to foot , clutching my arm . |
| 4 | ‘ I think we had reached about 11,000 feet when the barrage opened up over Valetta and , against the white puffs , I saw seven biplanes heading directly towards us in a shallow vic formation . |
| 5 | One thing worth remarking about this is cosmology and astronomy in general is very unusual science in the sense that when we observe very distant objects in the universe we are observing the universe actually as it was in the past , because the light that 's coming towards us from a distant galaxy or cluster of galaxies actually left that object maybe millions or billions of years ago . |
| 6 | She looked pleadingly at Tamar as she said , ‘ Mebbe when t'summer comes , your Mam 'll let thoo come and stop wi' us for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | Freddy was the only one of us with a real paying summer job . |
| 8 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 9 | One afternoon Beth Porter , an American founder member of the company , invited the rest of us to a double bill of soft core porno movies in Piccadilly . |
| 10 | ‘ Now go in there , ’ said his wife , pushing Otto and the rest of us into a front room . |
| 11 | Think of all the division in the Christian family which mocks the idea of us as a reconciled body . |
| 12 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 13 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 14 | Righteous in their lack of desire , the media-munching thin people dispose of us like a dirty garment . |
| 15 | ‘ Then let's all close our eyes and wish like mad for the WVS lady and her trolley to materialize right here in front of us like a dear little fat fairy . ’ |
| 16 | But the ground defences were already hitting … a Ju87 disintegrated in front of us from a direct hit , while two others failed to pull out of their dives , disappearing vertically into the sea off the harbour entrance . ’ |
| 17 | Shanti had very little opportunity to meet other coloured children in the town where we lived then , but when she was three years old , a family came to live near us with a white mother and a Ugandan father , and she became very friendly with the five children . |
| 18 | As we chatted and laughed , I noticed a man sitting just behind us on a small staircase that led to another part of the restaurant ; he was holding an umbrella . |
| 19 | The door closed behind us with a satisfying ‘ thunk ’ . |
| 20 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 21 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 22 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 23 | Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time . |
| 24 | Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 25 | Well we all know from our own history books that fire has been with us for a long long time has n't it ? |
| 26 | Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come . |
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