Example sentences of "of us [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of us quit a long time ago . |
| 2 | As Christmas draws near , many of us cherish a cosy vision of spending it around a traditional open fire , toasting crumpets in its dancing flames . |
| 3 | Today , our lifestyles have become more busy , and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast . |
| 4 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |
| 5 | There was a plain white card inside as well , saying , ‘ Only the artist realizes that some of us exert a Homeric effort simply to behave ordinarily , ’ but she had translated her declaration to him into Latin in a self-defeating impulse to disown it , and he never troubled to puzzle it out . |
| 6 | So he 'll suggest to Establishment Department that one of us gets a transfer before we have the added complication of moving into a new Lab . |
| 7 | We took turns to lead , every one of us setting a cracking pace , determined to match each other 's resolution . |
| 8 | One of us read a newspaper on a nearby bench , another casually admired the view while the third , myself , studied with infinite curiosity a nearby noticeboard . |
| 9 | It all happened when the two of us played a practice game together at the club one afternoon . |
| 10 | ‘ If either of us calls a meeting here it must be assumed , unless otherwise stated , that the persons invited will arrive mid-morning for a day 's meeting ; lunch is at 12.30 pm French time and dinner 6.30 pm French time . |
| 11 | Some of us made a final effort and formed Feminist Audio Books — a library exclusively providing audiotapes of feminist writing for blind and partially-sighted women and women with reading difficulties . |
| 12 | One of us made a fire and we brewed coffee and lay in the autumn sun . |
| 13 | Then Vivienne joined in and the three of us had a big slanging match . |
| 14 | Tony 's cameras were in three largish bags and each of us had a very large rucsac . |
| 15 | In Chile Pinochet knew the power of photography ; each one of us had a secret service guy . |
| 16 | Both of us had a very sheltered upbringing , you understand . |
| 17 | Each of us had a pack lunch in our bag and someone tentatively offered the bear a ham sandwich . |
| 18 | Anyway , a few of us had a drink in the hotel that night , and apparently there was a fight ; this was after I got drunk and got put to bed . |
| 19 | Last April , three of us had a wonderful five days , walking from Machynlleth to Harlech , taking in Cader Idris and the Rhinogs on the way . |
| 20 | ‘ I think neither of us had a choice for a while , ’ she offered , and he made a slight movement of denial , as if he did n't want to believe it . |
| 21 | The rest of us had a series of lectures on Russian and Latvian etiquette , literature , architecture , religion and recognition of uniforms and fighting vehicles of the Soviet Army . |
| 22 | ‘ Neither of us had a clue who I was , then ! ’ |
| 23 | One of us had a wonderful night , but somebody else decided to disrupt it . |
| 24 | And then , I mean , but every one of us had a letter off him and said he was , he was doing what he can with the council |
| 25 | I remember once erm when basically all erm there was a gang of us had a sort of wine that was warm . |
| 26 | For all of us getting a good night 's deep sleep is important . |
| 27 | All of us felt a long way from the happy days when ‘ we never had it so good ’ . |
| 28 | Therefore , when it comes a cropper , there is a tendency among the rest of us to enjoy a quiet chortle , even if suspecting that all our wallets will end up lighter as a result . |
| 29 | As we descended through the darkness into Cuzco on an endless series of switchbacks , their daughter asked each of us to sing a song for her from our own countries . |
| 30 | ‘ Four of us shared a double bed , ’ recalls Margot Barnes . |