Example sentences of "us [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind us we could just make out the glimmer of lamplight from the tiny hotel on Lake Pehoe , where we should be dining on river trout , bife chorizo and good Chilean pinot noir before the night was out . |
| 2 | At lunch time Derek and I almost caused a riot in the dining hall , because between us we could obviously only sit at two tables at once and every table wanted us to sit with them . |
| 3 | From that moment on , every day was a Saturday and between us we could sometimes manage to put the profits up by as much as fourteen shillings a week . |
| 4 | Mr Frank said : ‘ Dr Phillimore told us he could no longer rule out pollution as a cause . |
| 5 | We went with our newly found friend who took us through the side door to a shed at the back of his premises and showed us what could only be described as treasure — five large horse collars of black leather . |