Example sentences of "they [vb base] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a lot of talking points for Jimmy Greaves and Tony back in the studio at half time to discuss when they rejoin us after the break with the score here at Filbert Street Leicester City one Nottingham Forest nil . |
| 2 | He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him . |
| 3 | Er it erm er the result was that you was really working flat out all the summer , and then as the winter advanced , you got very short of work , and they put us on the dole , for half a week . |
| 4 | ‘ They put us in the back . |
| 5 | Then they put us in the block . |
| 6 | They put us in the padded room overnight . |
| 7 | When I came up they put us in the detention room on the house for pregnant women . |
| 8 | Then they put us in the Fleming Hospital in Newcastle , me and the bairn , because I had nowhere else to go . |
| 9 | They put us in the deep end with everything that came along , you know , you really had to learn by doing it . |
| 10 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
| 11 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you think the trick will work if they trace us to the Hilton ? ’ |
| 13 | How well they remind us of the purpose for which the ark has been fetched ! |
| 14 | They take us across the frontiers between the material and the mystical . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’ |
| 16 | They enlighten us on the mystery , we are grateful to them , we trust them and then we buy their product . |
| 17 | ’ They virtually killed off our season when they beat us in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge last year , but now we have the incentive of setting up another Mersey derby if we win . ’ |