Example sentences of "they [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , they met us with fire trucks ; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures . |
| 2 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 3 | Because they all hate us , they hate us for being different , for not being them , for their own not being like us . |
| 4 | They battered us into the bushes , and made off into the forest with the cart and the team and the load , and left us to limp away on foot wherever we would . |
| 5 | And they , they asked us about mines in the area and we said mines |
| 6 | Then they asked us for lunch . |
| 7 | Then they led us into a building and kept us there , all together . ‘ |
| 8 | Now those were the issues that were leading us sir had left us to make an objection to this structure plan that we thought erm the detailed papers on it were sent to the county in our in our objections , they led us to by a series of calculations to come to the view that around about a hundred hectares would be more appropriate for Harrogate , this is in addition to its Greater York supplement , erm than what is now settled upon which is sixty hectares . |
| 9 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 10 | Well we had a r a sch classroom in the infants school there for our headquarters and er storing cos we used to make use , we had a palliasse on the floor for when we was on night duty erm but I can never understand why we had our he headquarters over there but we had to do guard duties over in the elementary school on th school on the other side because that was the only one that had got a telephone and we had to man the telephones from the Brigade Headquarters or the to be able to phone to should they want us to be called out and so we had to do the guard duty over there but we slept in the , when we was off duty we was in er Alma Green School and that was there and then the we moved from there eventually and th th the longest part of our life of the Home Guard , the headquarters was at the cottage , I 've been trying to think what the name of the cottage is , it ha it , it has a name it 's the cottage next door to the Sir Robert Peel public house in Bell Lane . |
| 11 | From this , we will not be excluded , but will in turn exclude them , including some of those who might find themselves in the terrain of our state because their being on our state threatens the unity of our state , just as they perceive us to be a threat to their unity , and so on and so on . |
| 12 | You only just missed it , they divided us after the R's . |
| 13 | When they approached us about other products and about doing a commercial , we said no . |
| 14 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 15 | ‘ That 's what they want us to be . |
| 16 | it 's all going ahead they want us in as soon as possible that 's how we got such a good |
| 17 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
| 18 | May they preserve us from the hermetic seal . |
| 19 | Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of . |
| 20 | When they killed Chico , they transformed us into thousands of Chicos . ’ |
| 21 | They expect us as a matter of course to advise them if they should be taking advantage of their inheritance and capital gains tax exemptions and to ensure that the share capital structure of their companies is maintained to ensure they are not in control for any tax-related purpose , but can still ensure young Harry is kept in his place . |
| 22 | They overtook us with science , and [ sound of explosion ] Islam … [ burst of gunfire and sound lost ] . |
| 23 | And a lot of talking points for Jimmy Greaves and Tony back in the studio at half time to discuss when they rejoin us after the break with the score here at Filbert Street Leicester City one Nottingham Forest nil . |
| 24 | They influenced our BEHAVIOUR and they drew us into the realms of MYSTERY . |
| 25 | On the other hand , they supply us with essential fatty acids , often known as vitamin F , which are the starting materials for prostaglandin synthesis . |
| 26 | These short features were independent of my research for the book but they provided us with an opportunity of working together and getting to know each other . |
| 27 | The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast . |
| 28 | God knows what happened to the family they found us with , but they took us to a place called Fresnes gaol , Paris . |
| 29 | 4 One problem with many passages in Eliot 's plays is that they send us to similar but stronger passages in the poetry . |
| 30 | They persecute us , they crowd us out , they send us to Coventry , they sneer at us , they yawn at us , they blindfold themselves and stuff up their ears . |