Example sentences of "[vb pp] us [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look , I 've booked us all into the Italian place round the corner . |
| 2 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 3 | After all , when you decided to buy a Toyota , you recognised the attributes that have made us one of the worlds foremost manufacturers and our cars such good quality and value . |
| 4 | But it has made us aware of the crusted , jewel-bright variety of Latin America behind things that more often lump its nations together . |
| 5 | Now , said Ray , the work has ‘ helped us narrow down the source rock to one or two possibilities , and it has indicated to us that the source rock does not vary across the region . ’ |
| 6 | Called us all in the lounge and gave us a |
| 7 | Rita Quick brought us up-to-date on the Training Course , which has just begun the autumn term with a new intake . |
| 8 | The familiar story of the artists ' model ( female ) sitting for hours , days , even weeks on end , for a ( male ) artist , has brought us some of the great ‘ nudes ’ in art history . |
| 9 | ‘ We tried to save money by building economically , but it has cost us more in the long run . |
| 10 | ‘ We asked for ordinary Russians , but the embassy must have misunderstood and sent us some of the country 's creme de la creme . |
| 11 | Elaine Moss , in her short article ‘ The ‘ Peppermint ’ lesson' ( 1986 ) has given us one of the best accounts of the happy marriage of the right reader with the right book . |
| 12 | That reform has also given us one of the most successful inward investment records of any country , certainly in the European Community and arguably in the world . |