Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 2 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
| 3 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
| 4 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 5 | The success of the day surprised us both . |
| 6 | It did not really matter who we were or where we had come from ; the fountain united us all in a common purpose and that was enough . |
| 7 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
| 8 | The Minister told us that clause 12 provided for the Secretary of State to take into account representations made by those who administer the pension scheme in question . |
| 9 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 10 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 11 | ‘ Your inclusion as a member of the embassy surprised us all , ’ Jotan said . |