Example sentences of "us do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 2 | ‘ There was an opening , ’ he said , ‘ but the fool ahead of us did not move quickly enough . ’ |
| 3 | Most of us did n't make the changes with cameras rolling . |
| 4 | No one can sack us , no one can take our pensions away , in Spycatcher three of us decided in favour of Mrs Thatcher and against the editor of The Sunday Times , and those three of us did n't care a damn for the editor of The Sunday Times . |
| 5 | ‘ The year above us did n't leave , so there are already plenty of qualified accountants . |
| 6 | And now Altarus has uncovered buried treasure where most of us did n't know there was a stone to be turned over , in this two-CD set of the six Piano Sonatas by Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté . |
| 7 | The three of us did n't know whether to laugh or cry . |
| 8 | Say the rest of us did n't know where it was . |
| 9 | Rebuck , now 38 , says that when Philip made the decision to work in advertising , his friends were shocked : ‘ It was the tail-end of the Sixties generation and most of us did n't have a clue about what we would do . |
| 10 | Most of us did n't begin our education or our first job with plans to do what we 're actually doing today . |
| 11 | Partly , I suspect because a lot of us did n't trust the present governing body , partly because they believe , as I do , that there is a need to review and revise the present sixteen plus offer in Banbury , and partly because they could see no real benefit in opting out . |
| 12 | Erm , like you had the discussion on the first one and said , well , yes , it 's all very well for you and yes it 's a great idea for you , but the rest of us do n't want it , and I think you 've got to do that . |
| 13 | We enjoy our days here — most of us do n't want to leave . ’ |
| 14 | Some of us do n't think of that till we 're dying . |
| 15 | Figures show that out of every 1,000 skiers , 35 are involved in an accident — yet one in ten of us do n't bother to take out insurance . |
| 16 | One teacher I interviewed in my middle school study , for instance , felt she had not been well treated in the reorganization to a middle school set-up and had resisted the head 's attempts at change ‘ We do n't , some of us do n't change so easily ! ’ |
| 17 | No , well he was a bit of a public figure , see , and people like us do n't care for that . ’ |
| 18 | The vast majority of us do n't do crack . |
| 19 | But most of us do n't do it . |
| 20 | Well you see most of us do n't do this . |
| 21 | Some of us do n't realise the extent of our ‘ carrot and stick ’ power . |
| 22 | Lookin' better these days , although more tips and maps for old games would be great as some of us do n't have the luxury of buying every new release ! |
| 23 | Many of us do n't have a British identity , some shared experiences beyond Blue Peter images of a united United Kingdom . |
| 24 | Although most of us do n't have the time or the inclination to record what tickles a particular customer 's fancy when it comes to paying , it does nevertheless pay off to make that extra effort and note what it is that works — particularly with large customers . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't understand economics , Superintendent : why is it that in a country with three million on the dole some of us do n't have time to breathe ? |
| 26 | Some of us do n't have time to ask ourselves what we 're doing in this world . |
| 27 | Most of us do n't like it . |
| 28 | To take an analogy , most of us do n't understand in detail how an airliner works . |
| 29 | Various Japanese practices do seem sexist and racist to use but , as a white woman working for a Japanese company , I 'd say that they are trying to change , and it 's a shame more of us do n't try to learn Japanese and understand the culture . |
| 30 | Most of us do n't hate anybody but we do dislike some . |