Example sentences of "but they [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God knows what happened to the family they found us with , but they took us to a place called Fresnes gaol , Paris . |
| 2 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 3 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 4 | These short features were independent of my research for the book but they provided us with an opportunity of working together and getting to know each other . |
| 5 | We doubted that it was technically possible , or that there would be a niche for such a business , but they proved us to be wrong and that was the beginning of the launch of Tactel , our highly successful family of fibres for leisurewear , the ICI record campaign , and so many more besides . |