Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so the relevance of that to what Andrea was telling us about is what ? |
| 2 | First er but I 've been tol I 'm sorry I 'm I have n't realized Scott was joining us on the line . |
| 3 | Oh , Ken was asking us about that . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Foggerty 's taking us to the baths after school , he said . ’ |
| 5 | erm We 've got to recognise the professional advice that Matthew is giving us in this report , that he , he needs professional trained staff , and it grieves me that really we can only offer a technician when he is asking for something more . |
| 6 | But er , I think the advice that erm , Mr is giving us about who we talk to and when to talk to them , how we get to get together and present a united face to government is a , is a good suggestion , and I 'd like to propose that er , we accept that . |
| 7 | No er the most annoying thing about last night was when , when Martin was actually reviewing erm some of the topics that we had n't got right erm and Martin was prompting us with questions and we answered them ! |
| 8 | announcement every time there 's a delivery and the brother who 's giving the announcements on a Tuesday or a Thursday , whenever they meet , he , he says that we have new magazines tonight brothers and he may hold them up and said you know , that they 're this and that and lovely , beautiful magazines Jehovah doing so well now through his organization and he 's presenting us with , with erm marvellous erm appealing literature , he holds them up and says we 're , we 're , we 're able to get your magazines tonight and er we would like you to get them straight out at me , and they 're still there two or three weeks later , your magazines , this is a way we can stay spiritually awake , is by going and getting them straight away , not for the benefit of the brothers , poor old brother who is on the job and he 's wondering why , are they gon na come and fetch my magazines or not , but because we need to devour that spiritual feeling , we need to keep up to date with everything that Jehovah 's providing us with . |
| 9 | ‘ Captain Moreau was telling us about her . |
| 10 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
| 11 | " Mr. Ingard is expecting us at nine-thirty in the morning , " he said as we got up to go . |
| 12 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 13 | Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight . |
| 14 | A brief view of the illuminated Savoy and there she is , the mother of parliaments , dwarfed by the skyline but still historic Westminster , and Big Ben is greeting us with seven clear chimes and the tears are pouring down my face . |
| 15 | To no avail : my resolution was never called for debate and another , that if the SNP were to approach us with a view to talks ( an unlikely event after the Pollok by-election ) we would not close the door , was passed by a narrow majority . |
| 16 | To the extant that Professor Preston is warning us of the dangers of oversimplification and bad herme-neutics then we do well to listen to him . |
| 17 | You 're being totally stripped of all your honour your credibility can you see that contrast that Mark is introducing us to . |
| 18 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 19 | Now , it 's easy to see , if we 're talking about the kind of dreams that Reed was telling us about , erm , that there 's a simple wish with these dreams and in the end you wake up and you go and gratify the wish in that case . |
| 20 | Well , these days top bands like CARTER USM are bribing us with bloody Brussels sprouts ! |
| 21 | ‘ Could Hitler be lulling us into a false sense of security ? ’ |