Example sentences of "us [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your father does owe us rather a lot of money , you know , will your cousin meet the obligations ? ’ |
| 2 | For it is becoming increasingly clear that a semantic theory alone can give us only a proportion , and perhaps only a small if essential proportion , of a general account of language understanding . |
| 3 | A actually that rumour though has n't come from us so the comment about whingeing was wrong . |
| 4 | Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ? |
| 5 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 6 | Here we are , hale and hearty , neither of us exactly a moron . |
| 7 | They will give us exactly the colour we want , especially if we dovetail them with the bassoons and thus make use of the deep low notes of the second horn . |
| 8 | Cut us short every time we tried to speak ( me too ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Bobby trains us once a week at the local leisure centre and we 've really progressed this season under his supervision . ’ |
| 10 | At first they came to visit us once a month but then the visits became few and far between . |
| 11 | Telepathic communication , for us still the domain of science fiction or fringe experimentation , may be part of a dolphin 's daily life , and may have been so for centuries . |
| 12 | It gives us also an indication of where those flows went . |
| 13 | You 've been with us nearly a year now , and it 's thanks to your work that we 're well on the way to managing the volatility problem at high temperatures . ’ |
| 14 | They sent us nearly a box full of it . |
| 15 | The second is that from the Cherwell boathouse to the point where the tragedy occurred is a distance of over two and a half miles , including a strenuous portage , and took us nearly an hour . |
| 16 | Gordon showed us clearly the path of forgiveness , and gave us the strength to forgive from his experience . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you fix us both a drink while I 'm trying to find the answer to the problem ? ’ he added , stripping off his tie and undoing the top buttons of his shirt . |
| 18 | I gave us both a refill . |
| 19 | Thelma gave us both a refill , shaking her head . |
| 20 | " So am I , Fiddy , so am I. Oh , go and get us both a glass of brandy , woman . |
| 21 | John Heminges of the Queen 's Men taught us both a lot . |
| 22 | ‘ You could save us both a lot of trouble by handing over the papers without any fuss . ’ |
| 23 | wants to see us about a quarter past two |
| 24 | It took us about an hour by bus to get into the Central Market but in the last year we were there , the public transport system collapsed and we had to go home in trucks just as if we were cattle . |
| 25 | ‘ It will take us about an hour to get there . |
| 26 | That was the general feeling but he did , he gave us about an hour and a half . |
| 27 | Get some petrol , go home and have a cup of tea , that gives us about an hour |
| 28 | I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home ! |
| 29 | Notify us immediately the claim , the accident , the illness , or whatever , |
| 30 | Will you fly to us tomorrow a representative who can lay down principles and answer specific questions . |