Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children made lots of friends in the Mini-Club , under the watchful supervision of ‘ Animators ’ who organised activities in the morning and afternoon giving us some time to ourselves . |
| 2 | While such links proliferate in affluent countries , the global scope of drugs-related crime , political violence and AIDS reminds us that poor countries are far from immune . |
| 3 | If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that . |
| 4 | Instead , the National Consumer Council 's previous work on consumer aid and advice convinces us that advice about money and credit problems — just like other types of advice — is best available as part of a general advice service , from non-specialist advice bureaux such as CABx . |
| 5 | You 'd better keep this absolutely hush-hush , you understand , or it 'll all be winging its way across the Atlantic , whilst the London Library replaces its carpets and installs a coffee machine and Cropper sends us another of his nice helpful smiley-regretful Faxes , offering access to the Stant Collection and every possible assistance with microfilm . |
| 6 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 7 | But experience tells us that adaptive behaviour most often reflects the intelligence of evolution rather than that of the animals it has so carefully programmed . |