Example sentences of "and [vb past] us [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The face disappeared from the pay booth and appeared again in front of us and sold us a packet of sweets . |
| 2 | I think it was the head of the British water-skiing team who ran the camp and got us the boats and the equipment . |
| 3 | I approached the Edinburgh Green Belt Trust , who thought the project a good one , and promised us a grant of £3,000 for materials and hire of equipment , subject to SNH approval . |
| 4 | He would juggle them with his tongue for us children and told us a tale of getting his glasses whipped off by a passing branch . |
| 5 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
| 6 | Mechanics pushed our aircraft into a hangar and machined us a new stud for our exhaust pipe . |
| 7 | ‘ He looks very comfortable on the ball and scored us a fabulous goal which set up the win . |
| 8 | Mum was always thrifty , and able to stretch pennies to shillings ; once she proudly opened an old tea-caddy ( then utilised as a savings-bank ) and showed us the amount then accumulated : an unbelievable total of ten pounds . |
| 9 | As we were turning to follow his directions , he drew up his cuff and showed us the blue tattooed cross that all Copts have on the inside of their wrists . |
| 10 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |
| 11 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 12 | He broke the gun in half and showed us the cylinder filled with six red plastic capsules . |
| 13 | Walked in the lady said Oh right , you can can have a look round and showed us the rooms . |
| 14 | She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . " |
| 15 | ‘ It was a terrible shock because he was a real father figure and taught us a lot . |
| 16 | ‘ The visit was a valuable lesson for the children — and taught us a thing or two at the same time , ’ says marketing manager , Jock Miller . |
| 17 | Its cooking partner was the Costard which was sold in the markets of Oxford from 1296 until the end of the seventeenth century and bequeathed us the word ‘ costermonger ’ — meaning someone who hawks fruit and vegetables in the street . |
| 18 | He dug amongst some papers in the corner and tossed us a canvas bag tied at the top . |
| 19 | She was much disgusted and sent us a postcard saying she was developing webbed feet . |
| 20 | Sensible parents would have chosen a hill station near us , rented a house , and sent us every year to the same school . |
| 21 | he come , he come yesterday and brought us a twenty two |
| 22 | Two , two or three week 's running Jenny came up on a weekend and brought us a bar of chocolate each |
| 23 | Michael Cross , speaking on behalf of Mr Bond , who bought the picture at Sotheby 's in 1987 , confirmed to The Independent that ‘ Sotheby 's approached us and offered us a loan facility against the picture . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ A customer walked in this morning and offered us a fiver for it , ’ said an assistant . |
| 25 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 26 | Rechristened ‘ Rambos ’ , a reflection of their basic and rugged form , they offered us refuge from a rare rainstorm , and gave us a safe place to store excess baggage . |
| 27 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 28 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 29 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 30 | It was less than a hundred metres away , and gave us a long hard look as we stood there . |