Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
| 2 | My husband had come to collect us at the airport and we came back here in a minicar . |
| 3 | Anthropological modes of enquiry are therefore programmed to steer us through the assumptions of police society , so that contradictions no longer remain incomprehensible . |
| 4 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 5 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 6 | The advice we have received leads us to the conclusion that we should ask the Court of Appeal to rule on this important point of principle involved in this case . ’ |
| 7 | And you 'll be pleased to know that Frank Dobson has agreed to meet us on the fourteenth of June and we will make sure , to the best of our effort , that that policy will be endorsed . |
| 8 | Psychedelics , he argues , can be used to reconnect us with the earth itself , or rather , the Gaian mind . |
| 9 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 10 | ‘ Because the twins are bound to wake us at the crack of dawn . ’ |
| 11 | They had arrived to play us in the Trophy . |
| 12 | Our young gallant here , ’ he waved his hand contemptuously at Geoffrey , ‘ was asked to accompany us to the parapet but it 's well known he 's terrified of heights . ’ |
| 13 | However , this is not intended to condemn us to the conclusion that changes in society are the chance results of unrelated factors . |
| 14 | and then he 's , he 's fucking started marching us around the parade square and and we ca n't see a fucking thing inside there , and he said er come out a minute , so I 've blinking gone out and I 've noticed were about fifty yards from the beach |
| 15 | Several men , faintly sinister and grubby , have tried to approach us in the Metro or on the street . |
| 16 | Justifiable regrets , therefore , about the effect of the iconoclasts ' activities on the nation 's ecclesiastical heritage should not be allowed to blind us to the sincerity of their motives . |
| 17 | The Vice-Chairman was unable to fill the vacant position so an interim administration was formed to take us to the next assembly . |
| 18 | Several transports were sent to convey us to the camp , and they were certainly less basic than the RAF ones we were used to , and when we arrived at the aircraft hangar where the jollifications were being held , it was ablaze with coloured lights and swarming with people , and a seven piece band was being very loud on the platform . |
| 19 | The experience I have recorded left us with the convictions with which we started in general confirmed . |
| 20 | One of the great regrets , I am sure , of all hon. Members is that because the hon. Gentleman has chosen to leave us at the next election he will never have the opportunity to be a junior Minister . |
| 21 | The car which we had ordered to take us to the station never appeared , and we travelled instead in a dilapidated tonga . |