Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 2 | Does he recall that it is exactly a year since he told us in this House , ’ Our policies are working ’ ? |
| 3 | He messed us about this weekend did n't he ? |
| 4 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry I ran and got us into this mess . |
| 7 | ‘ The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ’ |