Example sentences of "[vb pp] we [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least night flying has earned us an extra hour in bed . |
| 2 | ‘ If I did not believe that , I would have advised our club president , James King , to go to a venue that would have made us a comparative fortune . ’ |
| 3 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 4 | I 've got us a nice bit of meat pie for supper and a lovely fresh bit of bread , I expect you 're starving . ’ |
| 5 | Though the rumours have told us a great deal , he 's still far from well , he might need a heart bypass , he 's gon na have to retire form politics . |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 7 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 8 | The remedy could have been more appropriately applied if those prescribing it had offered us a clearer understanding of what a clause is and how far it may be similar to various other structures . |
| 9 | The Bar is a leader in the field of video conferencing applications within the courts and the legal profession and its endeavours have brought us a good deal of favourable publicity . |
| 10 | The new season has brought us a new county and a few new rules to keep us on our guard . |
| 11 | ‘ Talking of which , ’ James said , ‘ Peter 's brought us a signed copy of The Babylon Baby . |
| 12 | He thinks he 's found us a suitable plane . ’ |
| 13 | Chair , can I just help you here recently , because we 've had a recent case ourselves erm , this is an ironic twist to this , because Councillor Patten 's being writing to the County on Highway and Traffic issues recently and sending us a copy , and it 's stunned us a little bit , because normally they would write to us direct , but there 's a sting in this because we do n't know whether we 're supposed to respond to him now , or the county . |
| 14 | You 've certainly set us a hard act to follow ! |
| 15 | The photographic pioneers who travelled our own rural lanes , and cobbled back alleys have left us a visual legacy that portrays the changing face of our society . |
| 16 | But we 've got a massive sackful of stuff and no one had left us a forwarding address and the landlady had n't been to us about any of them . |
| 17 | ‘ Someone has left us a private house in Colchester in their will and we 've decided to use it as a training house . |
| 18 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 19 | ‘ Although you have assured us the massive cut in income will not now occur , the fear among our members is any compromise will result in an inevitable fall in the standard of care we can offer to patients in the future . |
| 20 | Amused by Mr Baker 's diplomatic skills , I composed a letter to Roald Dahl , and luckily by the end of July he had sent us a sensible letter of resignation . |
| 21 | Elaine Cooper has sent us a double dose of news this month |
| 22 | Heading up Wood Group engineering 's activities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is Bill Reid who has sent us the following report : . |
| 23 | They are now threatening to withdraw compensation from us although they have given us no written guarantee that our lands are free from contamination ’ , he said in 1976 . |
| 24 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 25 | Announcing this programme , the then Minister of Fuel and Power , Geoffrey Lloyd , said dramatically , ‘ Our nuclear pioneers have now given us a second chance — to lead another industrial revolution in the second half of the twentieth century . ' |
| 26 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 27 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 28 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 29 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 30 | ‘ Under John 's leadership , the last three years have seen significant progress and given us a good start in tackling the challenges that lie ahead . ’ |