Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] us a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You promised to show us a way of relieving overcrowding . |
| 2 | Fascinated , I finally waylaid Dr Allott in the street one day , just after he 'd paid us a visit , and I plucked up courage to ask him what these strange words meant . |
| 3 | ‘ And so you decided to pay us a visit . ’ |
| 4 | The most enjoyable four days with ‘ Jolly ’ Jean , ‘ Gentle ’ Joan and ‘ Lovely ’ Lucy combined to give us a variety of sessions with different apparatus . |
| 5 | One of the speakers that evening was Gordon Gissing , so I had no hesitation when he told me about his visit to a picturesque narrow ( metre ) gauge system in East Germany , and offered to give us a talk on it . |
| 6 | Aye he wanted , he offered to give us a hand though . |
| 7 | Many major obstacles had been overcome : a friend had loaned me £1,500 , and two others , Tommy and Hilary Thomas , had given us a home after my curacy at St Luke 's Church , Cheetham , had terminated . |
| 8 | I never thought I 'd say that a sneak thief had done us a favour . |
| 9 | I goes , can you go and get and some beers , yeah cos otherwise , I should , you know you said lend us a pound , he goes yeah , I goes well you can yo he goes not a pound , one pound four P ! |
| 10 | And I said , I said pour us a tea , oh she says we 'll be late for the pub , I thought oh sodding hell |
| 11 | Our children had brought us a lot of happiness . |
| 12 | I said leave us a couple of small . |
| 13 | ‘ Just one moment , Mr Angel is free now , ’ she said into the mouthpiece in a voice I had n't heard since Fenella 's parents had paid us a visit once . |
| 14 | The talks were going very well and Smith said that he wanted to give us a holiday and take us to Victoria Falls in his plane . |