Example sentences of "us or [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goreng had given us two guards — whether to protect us or to stop us getting up to mischief I 'm not sure : maybe both . |
| 2 | As we became well known , people kept things for us or told us of toys they had spotted . |
| 3 | The existence of a loving God and the occurrence of some disaster can be made compatible by interpreting the disaster as being sent to try us or to punish us , whichever seems most suited to the situation . |
| 4 | Establishing a positive self-image does not depend on a cheery morale boost , but on appropriating the promises of God and praying and planning expectantly for their outworking in the situations in which God has already placed us or challenged us to become involved . |
| 5 | It might destroy part of the ozone layer , which would permit the sun 's ultra-violet radiation either to tan us or fry us , depending upon how large a hole had been blasted in the stratosphere : it might equally well cause the onset of a nuclear winter , which is so popular a topic among both scientists and laymen these days . |
| 6 | Her father , Stan Silberbauer , said yesterday from his daughter 's hospital bedside : ‘ She does not see us , hear us or know us . |
| 7 | With luck , nobody would notice us or suspect us . |
| 8 | It 's not entertaining us or making us feel comfortable . |
| 9 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |