Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our client should be presenting us with a sheaf of paper with pink ribbon round it , saying , we would like a tender on that , fixed fee , by two weeks on Tuesday , or whatever . |
| 2 | I felt that hidden eyes must be observing us from behind bushes and tree-trunks . |
| 3 | ‘ Can we tek it then that thoo 'll be leaving us for this land of milk and honey ? ’ |
| 4 | They 'll be expecting us in the house . ’ |
| 5 | They 'll be teasing us in the club mother wo n't they ? |
| 6 | Sometimes we may be able to identify a particular stress or problem which may be affecting us in our inability to sleep . |
| 7 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 8 | Some people back there would be cursing us for raising so much dust . |
| 9 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 10 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 11 | There are no conditions specifically attached under the IDO but of course we have obligations — the county minerals officer will be pursuing us for restoration quite rightly — what we 'd like to do is go beyond the basic restoration and make it much better . |
| 12 | We are absolutely thrilled that Daiwa will be helping us in such an effective way . |
| 13 | Well , next week , will be telling us about another one of these very controversial books , wo n't you ? |
| 14 | My son will be out in six months and Mrs Gillick will be taking us under her wing in the absence of your good self . |
| 15 | , our long serving secretary will be leaving us at the end of May . |
| 16 | He will be advising us on ways and means forward ’ , Haines subsequently made it clear that he will not be an impotent lackey . |
| 17 | Everyone will be avoiding us like the plague if we take this there with us ! |
| 18 | Perhaps you will be putting us in jail ! " |
| 19 | We have done some work with your offices on that , and whilst on most of your activities are n't happy with er the scale of such that it does cause me a problem , there is one particular area that we are in discussion with the Chief Executive , and your offices relating to doing work for other bodies to and the contract vehicle hire service , and er , that 's something which we will and no doubt will be brought us in the very near future . |
| 20 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 21 | The University Computing Service networking specialist , Scott Currie , will be visiting us on 27th November at 2 p.m . |