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Example sentences of "of us [verb] our " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	So we all had a good laugh at the sparks and all of us unzipped our flies and peed in the river whether we wanted to or not .
2	The three of us pick our way across the pot-holes past a couple of lock-up garages into the patch of waste ground that leads to the blocks of flats .
3	The three of us cleaned our plates pretty thoroughly , because morning is the busiest working time in practice and I was always famished by midday .
4	Most of us hurt our faces and our legs .
5	‘ Neither of us kept our voice down .
6	Since the mid 1980s , increased public awareness of healthy eating has made many of us rethink our diets .
7	He appeared unrepentant and impassioned in favour of us developing our nuclear muscle — for defence .
8	During those early seventies , despite the avalanche of heterosexism that constantly slid in our direction , including the virulent expressions of women-hating propounded by Father Church , a group of us waged our own war at the patriarchal system .
9	No , well how many of us know our local policeman ?
10	With planning it is possible for all of us to clarify our thoughts about our hopes and future needs .
11	The rest of us made our way to a farm where we were given tea and biscuits .
12	He calls us by name , and his relationship to each one of us fits our own person uniquely .
13	At the Confirmation Mass each of us had our special responsibility as musician , reader or at the preparation of the gifts .
14	By the end of the day each of us had our own small nest-egg of vivid memories to take home and treasure .
15	Many of us had our suspicions , but because he covered his tracks so well no one has ever been able to prove anything .
16	Many of us ask our students to act at some points in our lessons .
17	Eight of us took our places in the small but crowded cinema .
18	So four of us took our stirrup pumps and torches and picked our way through what was a minefield .
19	But the likelihood is that everyone else is consuming the same product ; with the inexorable rise in the number of books in print , there are now approaching 600,000 different titles to choose from , allowing each of us to tailor our reading precisely to our own individual needs and preferences .
20	The day after our Confirmation many of us began our work-experience from school — a good reminder for us of our new role as Catholic adults in God 's world .
21	The problem is that it would be in the self-interest of any one of us to withhold our contribution , let everyone else contribute , gain free health care and keep the cash .
22	‘ But neither of us allows our feelings for the other to get in the way of all the things we have to do .
23	None of us wants to be murdered , raped , or robbed ; none of us wants our property stolen , smashed , or destroyed , none of us wants our bodies punched , kicked , bitten , or tortured .
24	None of us wants to be murdered , raped , or robbed ; none of us wants our property stolen , smashed , or destroyed , none of us wants our bodies punched , kicked , bitten , or tortured .
25	‘ All of us want our kids to learn English — the language of work .
26	But in the real world , where most of us enjoy our horses and look on them as part of the family , pony power can really score .
27	Roughing it Many of us believe our skin will look better if we slough off dead cells by using a facial scrub .
28	Some of us have found the jobs we sought ; some have found renewed enthusiasm and enhanced skills for the search ; others are even now joining to take advantage of an organisation that is getting into its stride for greater efforts : but all of us send our very sincere thanks to all who have helped us when we needed them .
29	But you never know , it 's really too early to say , but all of us have our little musical platforms . ’
30	All of us have our underworld and nether world creatures with whom we carry on some inner conversation .