Example sentences of "[vb past] us [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook . |
| 2 | The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast . |
| 3 | He ran across the gangplank as enthusiastically as though he sought votes for his father 's election campaign , then approached us with an outstretched hand and a voice full of bright greetings . |
| 4 | There were no roads direct from the station to where the world began , but the carriage drivers , squatting over their breakfasts , directed us to an abandoned railway line which cut across country . |
| 5 | At midday , we were standing in the stern when a voice hailed us from an upper deck . |
| 6 | Abu piloted us with all the aplomb of a sailor surging through dangerous surf , and finally brought us to an entire circular village of some sixty three-storey houses , all shaped like space-arcs . |
| 7 | She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse . |