Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
| 2 | ‘ But perhaps she needs us , ’ Matthew replied , surprisingly quickly for him . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , obviously she wants us to get on with completing the next issue . ’ |
| 4 | fine And how highly you regard us — And |
| 5 | And how highly you regard us — Oh , and |
| 6 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
| 7 | so she asked us if we would like to do this |
| 8 | However in doing so you deprived us of detailed insights into the conditions of life in other parts of the world , and played into the hands of the New Right with its ‘ divide and conquer ’ tactics . |
| 9 | We could really make this place swing if only they gave us the data to work on , could n't we ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When they came in they threatened us . ’ |
| 11 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 12 | So they let us look all round , they said . |
| 13 | So they moved us out into a hotel . |
| 14 | So they want us to go around at half past one or the two of them can start cos we 've got an addition . |
| 15 | At ten o'clock they gave us a handsome club sweater , which was so generous we decided to let someone else win the domino handicap . |
| 16 | ‘ Now , the more they see of us the less they like us . ’ |
| 17 | Looking back , it is curious how long it took us to get rid of this idea of some kind of defect inside the body of the glass . |
| 18 | Do you know how long it took us ? |
| 19 | Do you know how long it took us ? |
| 20 | I do n't care how long it takes us . |
| 21 | Mick had an idea that Bob Welch might be leaving the band and so he asked us to join . |
| 22 | I says two or three so he give us three |
| 23 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 24 | Your party , your other , never mind , and when that happens you get poaching and I 've always said , if you treat your membership properly they 'll stay with you , but you 've also got to remember that the union is in dire financial straits , or so it tells us . |
| 25 | So it give us another shilling each . |
| 26 | So it gives us erm erm a possible carry forward to next financial year of twenty one thousand pounds . |
| 27 | So what made us persist with John ? |
| 28 | So what impressed us so much ? |
| 29 | So what changed us ? |
| 30 | So what makes us want to read stories that frighten us ? |