Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What does all this tell us of the rhynchosaurs ' diet ? |
| 2 | Er and thi this lead us to a list of things to do . |
| 3 | ‘ Some used electric sticks , some beat us over the head with handcuffs , some beat us with rifles ’ . |
| 4 | Some used electric sticks , some beat us over the head with handcuffs , some kicked us , some pulled and pushed us , some beat us with rifles . |
| 5 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |