Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] us [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say it was appalling that they spied on us like that ? ’ |
| 2 | And then they came at us from both sides . ’ |
| 3 | Our younger son Barney and his wife lived with us for several years , and their son was born while they lived with us . |
| 4 | Elsie , who lived with us at that time , just sat with tears streaming down her face . |
| 5 | ‘ This worked against us in many areas of the country and we had a lot of losses . |
| 6 | Abie talked with us about these things . |
| 7 | I think they went off us after that although I 'm still friendly with Morrissey . ’ |
| 8 | He showed us into the buffet , and waitresses brought vodka and red caviare and stared at us in that curious but not impolite way that so many people do in Russia . |
| 9 | When we approached the 12 year-old 's little aluminium throne with its torn plastic seat and its bent wheels , he looked at us with that special insouciance of the Lebanese militiaman . |
| 10 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 11 | But they said to us on that night ‘ unless we have the full £150,000 for the seven performances we 've done and the eighth which we are about to do we wo n't go on . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 13 | And they sent back and now this is what they said to us in this letter I remember this distinctly that er if we want you to come out we 'll tell you but we regard your factories as our second line of defence . |
| 14 | His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit . |
| 15 | I do n't mean for his fear to be confirmed — that he was sightless ; the unspoken query which hovered over us for those few days . |
| 16 | ‘ Those fans who stayed with us through all the shit are really great , but the general rank and file sort of faded away rather quick . |
| 17 | My family in Nottingham entertained a friend who stayed with us for several days . |