Example sentences of "they [vb past] us [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
| 3 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 4 | Other member states bypassed us on the single currency by giving us an opt-out , for which the Prime Minister had to pay at Maastricht — and for which the British people will have to pay even more in the months ahead — and they bypassed us on the social chapter by simply going ahead without us . |
| 5 | They saw us as a natural choice to work with . |
| 6 | ‘ They thanked me very much and said how pleased they were to be so well looked after , then they kicked us in the appropriate part of the anatomy . ’ |