Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That blessed us with the vision faith had won , |
| 2 | On the second er the second point to make is that erm on the county council 's end of this equation , er Mr Potter er referred us to the county 's economic development strategy , I think I 've got that latest edition , where he was erm attempting to tell us that the erm county 's economic strategy is to attract inward investment of a small scale type . |
| 3 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 4 | When the blessed saint visited us in the church there , as before in vision , she came with showers of may-blossom . |
| 5 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 6 | ‘ They set fire to our sheep and never even invited us to the barbecue . ’ |
| 7 | An early start the next morning found us on the ferry bound to the island of Santorini , around 112 kilometres to the north of Crete . |
| 8 | A Sunday in June found us off the entrance to Chichester harbour , close to where the Caducius sank . |
| 9 | The Greyhound beat us in the end . |
| 10 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 11 | Kozyrev highlighted the spirit of co-operation between the two sides : " We worked as friends and allies standing on one side of the barricade of all the problems that beset us on the other . " |
| 12 | And I did n't know about the drugs until the Customs launch stopped us in the bay . |
| 13 | Doris stopped us in the hall when we came in , loaded down under a small tree and a carrier-bag full of bits and pieces we 'd seen and liked , and , inevitably in our mood of reckless gaiety , bought . |
| 14 | You caught us on the hop there , ol' buddy . |
| 15 | He overtook us on the river and arrived ahead of me . |
| 16 | The firm 's management approached us in the summer of 1980 , asking if we could find out ‘ what had happened ’ to their former employees , and agreed to provide the names and addresses of those who had lost their jobs . |
| 17 | ‘ We got out of jail in Dublin and despite winning both games , they played us off the park ’ he claimed . |
| 18 | Yet Leicester , under no pressure , played us off the park . |
| 19 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 20 | With Matthew able to drive , he dropped us at the start and picked us up at the other end , and we arrived within 2 minutes of each other , which was remarkable because we were all 3/4 hour late ! |
| 21 | dropped us in the cart then by getting that with the chocolates in . |
| 22 | There was nothing really special about that distinguishes us , distinguished us from the pack . |
| 23 | My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind . |
| 24 | But before we could reach the Pacific , a violent storm hit us and drove us to the north-west of Tasmania . |
| 25 | The cabbie , who drove us from the airport to our hotel , had spent some time in Oxford and London . |
| 26 | TWO weeks ago Peter Willey , careful tax partner with accountants Ernst & Young , astounded us with the prediction that the General Election would be held within six months . |
| 27 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 28 | He also told us about the work of the Institute , which teaches Chinese to a large number of overseas students from numerous different countries . |
| 29 | He told us about the chaos that was caused by socialist policies and referred especially to public works departmens . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you see Tamar 's face when Stephen told us about the groom — Davis , was it ? ’ |