Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] us [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And you carried us both very bravely last night . ’
2 There are some slight variations in it , and it 's come from a different U S mill and , for example , there are three items at the end which were required and you offered us six millimetres , they 're now six point three five millimetres , which is quarter inch , that 's fine , erm .
3 She had just come from London and she told us all about the great spirit of British resistance to the Nazi air attacks .
4 Jamie 's mother was still up and she made us some tea .
5 And she gave us these so I said , well I 've given her towels , wait and give it her for next .
6 It was a very acrimonious occasion and she called us some terrible names .
7 She explained , and she showed us all those tiles and bowls , and the brush and comb he used to do his beard with . "
8 But we made our point and they left us alone after that . ’
9 Er we 've got a little few earmarked funds left over like for instance , Theakston 's Brewery gave us the barrels and they gave us two and a half thousand pounds .
10 We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction .
11 ‘ It did n't cause us any problems , and they gave us 1,200 lempiras ( $300 ) .
12 ‘ They 're cheaper to run and they gave us more flexibility on positioning , ’ Wren adds .
13 I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water .
14 For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA .
15 ‘ They came out to our meetings to help us , to encourage us , and they helped us present our case to the Government .
16 I er I did n't buy them and he sent us three boxes and they came from the same warehouse .
17 We met with the head ski instructor first and he made us all ski down the slope individually so that he could put us into different groups .
18 Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness .
19 I wish him the best because it is n't his fault the dickheads wanted to sell him , and he gave us 200 games of total commitment .
20 when Mikie was here and you were doing nights , and he called us one day and I said it 's not six o'clock yet he said you 're
21 ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back .
22 spirits on , spirit something , well I said where we went I said you 're doing something similar to what we did , we had brandy and it took us all through the cellars
23 Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other .
24 For Constanza it created a sort of void — no real responsibility ; and it tied us all together in new ways .
25 I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights .
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