Example sentences of "us [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.

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1 However , it was extremely important for us in the next few years to develop this usage .
2 Unless there is news of a signing for us in the next few days I am seriously think of saying fuck off to Leeds .
3 And the big , one of the big things that affected us in the last few years was er Dallas .
4 This short article is to let you know what has happened to us over the last few months .
5 Sun is looking to shoot down Silicon Graphics Inc with Freedom , admitting that its graphics specialist neighbour in Mountain View , California , has been ‘ a major irritation to us over the last few years . ’
6 Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) .
7 Our President has covered one or two major issues that concern us now and which will continue to concern us over the next few years .
8 They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours .
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