Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 2 | It has challenged and tested us in many ways . |
| 3 | Anyway , I really was going to take the spell off straight away , but of course you have to go hopping off and get caught and land us in this mess . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We asked for ordinary Russians , but the embassy must have misunderstood and sent us some of the country 's creme de la creme . |
| 5 | A reporter 's job is to stay put and tell us what she can , even if it means crawling to objectionable people . |
| 6 | The boeuf Gardiane which followed brought tears to our eyes ; we had been overwrought and dropping with fatigue , and while the food we had already eaten had cheered and comforted us , it was n't until the cover was taken off the dish of beef stew and we smelt the wine and the garlic and the rich juices and saw the little black olives and the branches of wild thyme which had scented the stew laid in a little network over the meat , that the tension vanished . |
| 7 | The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing . |
| 8 | For years they have educated and delighted us . |
| 9 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 10 | The work of other researchers has in many different ways helped to shape our work , to influence what we have asked and to make us more sensitive to what we have heard . |
| 11 | Look kindly on the tasks we have begun and assist us in our further undertakings . |