Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] be [prep] us " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If those planets are Capurnicum and Ariadnum , ’ said Jason , looking at the map , ‘ then Planet Zog is behind us . ’
2 The main bulb planting season is upon us once again .
3 Body language is with us night and day but something else which takes up a fair amount of time in our lives is travel .
4 The first day Shanti was with us he did not come home from school till very late .
5 A compromise will be reached but the implications are clear ; international eco politics are with us .
6 THE soup season is with us as cold winds blow and Christmas approaches .
7 Whatever the reason , can the committee make a public statement regarding this lack of publication , as another climbing season is upon us and I still have no answers to give my customers .
8 While interest in Japanese aircraft is certainly facing a renaissance now that the fiftieth anniversary of the daring Pearl Harbor attack is upon us ( see page 10 ) , it is still true to say that interest in the hardware of the Imperial Japanese forces is still low with the warbird community , despite the recent pioneering efforts of the Museum of Flight at Santa Monica .
9 ( We must remember that this was closer to them than the Second World War is to us . )
10 When World Cup fever was on us in 1990 , Lisa was working on a combination problem with different football strips .
11 Could it be that thoughts are turning to knitting now the Autumn season is upon us ?
12 Well , the speedway season is upon us ; tapes go up at the Oxford Stadium on Friday .
13 Bird Ban time is upon us with the South Stack ( Gogarth ) bans beginning on the February 1st and most Pembroke bans starting on March 1st .
14 The timber is now lying upon the bench , against the stop ; the face side is uppermost , and the face edge is towards us , as it should be .
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