Example sentences of "[vb pp] us [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In recent weeks , businesses large and small have told us of their fundamental worries both about their immediate problems of the cost of finance and their treatment by the banks . |
| 2 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |
| 3 | Richard said : ‘ The fierce weather we encountered on the third leg has tested us to our very limits . |
| 4 | Your sister-in-law , Mrs Abberley , has informed us of your recent contact with her daughter 's kidnappers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |