Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] us a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But this only gave us a taste of the variety of altered states we would encounter ahead .
2 ‘ Even so , you sure sent us a lulu . ’
3 The incident also offered us a glimpse of the glamorous , sometimes expensive , globe trotting lifestyle of a successful wine merchant .
4 Thanks to Pamela Crooks of Hertfordshire , who also sent us a Valentine 's card .
5 Although the enclosure movement in all these forms was the last great revolution in the English landscape , radically changing much of the countryside as it took place , it also gave us a landscape which is aesthetically much more pleasing to most people .
6 It also gave us a taste of its international coproduction In search of paradise , starting it on Easter Monday , continuing it on the Tuesday , and on the Friday .
7 So she ne , never even brought us a doughnut !
8 ‘ He even gave us a talk about his love of birds at the Tory Party Conference .
9 The use of this material could very well gave us a clue to the date of the first stone church at Halling .
10 ‘ He flew me , and a friend out there , put us up for three nights , then gave us a holiday in the Florida Keys , all paid for ’ .
11 I think the wives found it to their benefit to get amongst other wives who were sharing the same problems you know , how to pay the bills , how to buy food , and I think they seemed to get organized pretty well , they certainly helped us a hell of a lot .
12 And you can always tell reflectors in training , cos sometimes you 'll think what 's happening , nobody else wants participation , reflectors will actually stand back and think well what did they ask for , what do I talk about then and it 's always like a delayed response you get a lot of reflectors and we had one course once and we had all high reflector scores and that actually told us a lot about participation cos people were n't disguising any they were thinking about it coming in had time to consider an opinion so that 's a reflector .
13 For a while my wife and I were helpless with laughter , but trying to clean up afterwards taught us a lesson !
14 We could n't review it ‘ coz US Gold never sent us a copy , but most of the games are featured in Phil 's Issue 88 sports roundup .
15 It certainly took us a while to understand John 's plus points .
16 They never gave us a chance with Stephen .
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