Example sentences of "us and [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just turned away from us and read a book . |
| 2 | On top was the Queen with Princess Anne in a pushchair and Paul McCartney as Dad , and here was one I had near the beginning about being in a space-ship — Brian and me were weightless and floating around , and what we had to do was to get some stability by getting hold of this firework , a sort of Catherine wheel that was going round and round and showering sparks in our faces , so we closed our eyes and a fire-fanged beast roared flames at us and burned a hole in the space-ship and I fell , still with my eyes tight shut , out into the bottomless black void . |
| 3 | Now if you 'd like to call us and have a chat on the air Nottingham three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 4 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 5 | ‘ But Christmas is surely the right moment to try to put it behind us and to find a moment to pray for those , wherever they are , who are doing their best in all sorts of ways to make things better in 1993 . ’ |
| 6 | But Christmas is surely the right moment to try to put it behind us and to find a moment to pray for those , wherever they are , who are doing their best in all sorts of ways to make things better in 1993 . |
| 7 | ‘ But Christmas is surely the right moment to try to put it behind us and to find a moment to pray for those , wherever they are , who are doing their best in all sorts of ways to make things better in 1993 , ’ she said . |