Example sentences of "us [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They kept us hanging around for a while . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's no point in us hanging around here any longer . |
| 3 | ROS : They 'll have us hanging about till we 're dead . |
| 4 | We were following a long , straight road in visibility of about twenty yards , all of us hanging out of the windows in a vain attempt to spot landmarks , when a ghostly figure loomed up , saluted , and announced in long-suffering tones , ‘ Excuse me sir , Mr Mills , you 're on the main runway ! ’ |
| 5 | We were all of us outcasts ; we were all of us flung out by the Lords of Tara , who were jealous of their lineage and protective of their inheritance . |
| 6 | It 's alw always very useful that er erm if we have to people have to ask us to wait around for them for five or six weeks or sometimes on a three monthly er er resignation thing it er |
| 7 | When life seems ordinary St James encourages us to wait patiently and joyfully for Christ 's coming and not to lose heart . |
| 8 | It can help us explain why the entrenched and the familiar can suddenly appear conditional and temporary , and inject meaning into those long-forgotten disputes which are bubbling to the surface , especially within the Soviet bloc . |
| 9 | ‘ I want us to continue where we left off , Kate . |
| 10 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
| 11 | He apologises for the mess and sets to work clearing books and bottles and brochures off the one cracked settee for us to sit on . |
| 12 | Oh we 've actually found a free seat for us to sit on . |
| 13 | ‘ She wants to tell us to sit up straight and not to put our fingers on the nice furniture . ’ |
| 14 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 15 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 16 | The old lady fetched out another plate and cup and saucer , then she checked that our hands were clean and told us to sit down . |
| 17 | The Sheikh motioned us to sit down , left his men outside , and picked up the phone on the table . |
| 18 | The priest was there and everything , and he told us to sit down . |
| 19 | He told us to sit down and served us vinegar-tasting wine . |
| 20 | What we need from you is really a specific proposal about the kinds of groups and individuals that you want us to sit down with . |
| 21 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 22 | ‘ Communists , friends of the people , unite with us to drive out those who are profiting from your hard toil , those who steal the food from your tables and live off the sweat of ordinary people . |
| 23 | Now if you want us to drive back in it , wiggle your finger . ’ |
| 24 | Disappointed , her confidence evaporating , she tried turning the question round as she had done before : ‘ If you do n't want us to drive back in it , wiggle your finger . ’ |
| 25 | For breathless , white-knuckled moments the five of us clung there while the rhythm abated , then three of us laughed loudly , one of us scowled , and the other nearly lost his liquids . |
| 26 | Our members believe the justice of their case is strong , and have instructed us to carry forward their argument . |
| 27 | In terms of the planning petition erm as you know this er application has been referred to the Secretary of State and he has informed us that he wants us to carry through erm and consider a consideration of this and make a a recommendation er of it . |
| 28 | ‘ The site enables us to carry on our day to day business without interfering with the local community . |
| 29 | They employ us to carry out this work , to negotiate on their behalf with the combined forces of the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise and to advise them on a multitude of matters from advertising costs to wage negotiations . |
| 30 | ‘ We have forgotten the duty which history has compelled us to carry out . |