Example sentences of "of [pron] [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So it was one of them that kidnapped us ? ’ said Twoflower . |
| 2 | We pretend that we never think of everything that makes us what we are . ’ |
| 3 | Breeding and sex in general were a part of the natural order of things to the people of the old farming community ; and this is another aspect of it that reminds us of its ancient roots . |
| 4 | HOW TO ENTER : Send us a recent photo of yourself and tell us when you are getting married ( please note this must be between June and August 1992 ) , the length and colour of your hair , and if possible the colour of your wedding dress . |
| 5 | In America we met one young person who saw a picture of ours and told us he felt so happy in front of it because he did n't feel alone in the world any more . |
| 6 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 7 | And recently in April , when two young girls from one of the refugee camps in San Salvador were captured , we put their names across on the programme every day until they were eventually transferred from a secret prison to the Women 's prison , We regard it as a triumph to have got them into a public prison , although they are minors , and now we are demanding their release , of course we exhaust all the legal channels as well but these days we just think of it as a formality , There have been occasions when we have presented a Habeas Corpus petition to the Supreme Court of Justice and the official concerned has simply torn the paper up in front of us and told us to get out . |
| 8 | We were lying on the ground in a row , pointing our rifles to our fronts , as he walked past each of us and made us repeat the different orders that we would be given , such as ‘ unload ’ or ‘ cock your weapon ’ . |
| 9 | At its best it satisfies the sense of hubris in all of us and helps us to forget the inevitable contrast between real and ideal , in human love as in every other human impulse . |
| 10 | They do anything to avoid having to take notice of us and respect us . |
| 11 | The face disappeared from the pay booth and appeared again in front of us and sold us a packet of sweets . |
| 12 | We used to run direct to Kirkwall via and erm it was then that the post office caught hold of us and wanted us to take on the mails . |