Example sentences of "us and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I wanted to put all that two-faced stuff behind us and settle down with Mary-Claude to live a half-way normal life .
2 As soon as we arrived , the bass player , Paul ‘ Bassman ’ Riley , took one look at us and came over with a proposition .
3 assume that they 're at that level when they come to us and follow on from there .
4 The bird crawled between us and lay down at our feet in an unbirdlike manner .
5 Macready and his group turned away from us and drifted up towards the darkened area near the roof before disappearing through a doorway .
6 Christian assurance is no merely intellectual persuasion , but an overwhelmingly convincing experience of the indwelling Spirit welling up within us and flowing out to others .
7 We abandoned the attempt to reach Hveravellir , accepted that the weather and conditions were against us and retreated back down the valley towards civilization .
8 The gentleman there 's going out with me round about quarter past eleven do you wan na come with us and call in to that place ?
9 To crown it all , we shall realise that this strong link between the Spirit and Jesus leads us to think of him in personal terms , as the one who makes Jesus real to us and works out in the common clay of our lives the priceless treasure of Christ 's character .
10 Nearby , the siren of an ambulance cries like a mad baby , its pitch rising as it passes us and heads on down the street .
11 At last the house has made our peace with us and hangs on to her slates in the gardens .
12 We threw blankets around us and hurried down to the inner bailey , now filling with servants and retainers who splashed amongst the puddles carrying torches .
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