Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already stratagem has worked , in that 3 ladies ( not beautiful Brazilian brunettes ! ) have offered to come and cook us a meal next Wednesday — a Japanese meal which sounds like a mixture of harakiri and kamikazi , but I hope it will taste nice as the person cooking it is Japanese — there are lots of Japanese in this part of Brazil . |
| 2 | We need some of the younger , newly retired to come and join us in the fight to restore the dignity and security that should be there for everyone in the autumn of their lives . |
| 3 | Cosmas and Damien 's murders are meant to torture and punish us as well as unnerve and divert us from our true mission . |
| 4 | The Society 's slot at the Barbican Festival is at 2.15 p.m. on Sunday 28 May Do come — Dressed to work and support us in the ‘ Come and try it ’ session and cheer the NDT on . |
| 5 | ‘ I would have thought that he , as local MP , would have managed to come and visit us , even though he is busy . ’ |
| 6 | Most importantly , we need to avoid situations where the horse is likely to express its aggression towards us , at least until the horse has learnt to respect and like us to some extent . |