Example sentences of "[vb past] us [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 2 | But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short . |
| 3 | ‘ The mine manager showed us a gold watch which Churchill gave to his father for hiding him . |
| 4 | As an example of symbiosis Chris showed us a tangarana tree which has an accommodation with ants . |
| 5 | He then showed us the brass plate of ‘ No. 1 ’ , still attached to the piece of cab as Selwyn Higgins cut it off . |
| 6 | Are these projectural figures which he showed us the cash flow chart over there looking like half a pyramid ? |
| 7 | After the war captor and captive became friends , and Otto showed us the Zeiss binoculars which Macintyre had taken off him as a trophy of war , but had recently handed back . |
| 8 | He dug amongst some papers in the corner and tossed us a canvas bag tied at the top . |
| 9 | ON May 1 someone sent us a chain letter ( from Gatwick Airport ) promising a run of good luck . |
| 10 | She sent us a draft copy and she deserves success for all the hard work she has put into researching the variations in tension which occur from one make of machine to another . |
| 11 | The arrogance remains which brought us the poll tax , centralisation in Britain and isolation in Europe . |
| 12 | When the Secretary of State could bring himself to talk about his own legislation , we heard from him in effect an admission that the Government who brought us the poll tax are now bringing us a new poll tax . |
| 13 | Before dinner , John , who was so laid-back he made the trees seem neurotic , offered us a yoga lesson . |
| 14 | Michael Cross , speaking on behalf of Mr Bond , who bought the picture at Sotheby 's in 1987 , confirmed to The Independent that ‘ Sotheby 's approached us and offered us a loan facility against the picture . ’ |
| 15 | Debbie White gave us a crash course on the Friday morning . |
| 16 | At this year 's Wimbledon , Henri Leconte and Gut Forget gave us a sneak preview of the Autumn ‘ Roland Garros ’ ensemble — a matching tracksuit , short , shirt and jersey in dominant white with a green double stripe running through . |
| 17 | She says about herself and Medau : ‘ I think it was 1940 when Medau came my way — Molly , her mother and Edith came to a League of Health and Beauty group , and Molly gave us a Medau class . |
| 18 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 19 | Then they gave us a charge sheet — it was huge , something like 23 particulars , some of which I did n't even recognise . ’ |
| 20 | But in the daytime our top balcony gave us a grandstand view of the arena in which the final events would take place . |
| 21 | Those in the East End included a half-share in Chandler 's Wiltshire Brewery in the Hackney Road , Bethnal Green ( via the Lion brewery , Lambeth , the brewery that gave us the South Bank lion ) ; some of the pubs belonging to the Commercial Brewery Co in Commercial Road , Stepney , in 1927 ( the rest went to Hammerton 's brewery , Stockwell ) ; and West and Co , of the Three Crowns brewery , Hackney Road , Bethnal Green , with 60 pubs , in 1929 . |
| 22 | It was the capitalist who gave us the steam engine . |
| 23 | To re-finance ourselves in order to finish the task , we arranged a Flexible Businessloan with a two year capital repayment holiday which gave us the breathing space we needed . |
| 24 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 25 | Instead he gave us the Boredom Offensive . |
| 26 | THE man who sold us the Barbie doll may soon be promoting the scandal-rocked Royal Family . |
| 27 | I ca n't remember what was on , it was a plain , well , we , we had er french windows with a balcony , it was an upstairs maisonette and the wall that end was orange and my father-in- law made us the cocktail bar , do you remember that cocktail bar |