Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flames sizzled out as Mandeville and Southgate dismounted and joined us . |
| 2 | let him out Louise came and interrupted us . |
| 3 | Mazzin came and told us to lie along the inside wall together . |
| 4 | No that 's right , as I say but erm anyway then after that when I left at say sixteen , you see , er er er a friend of ours who was a railway clerk at Needham Station came and told us that they were taking on girls on the Railway Company and would I like to do it and so of course I had to pass exams and er actually , can I read some notes that |
| 5 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
| 6 | Well he he sort of came and asked us , you know do you mind |
| 7 | He , he went to America , in fact his widow was over it 'll be about two years ago and she came and seen us , and she remembered er me as , as a , she was eighty six . |
| 8 | Said that as Mother Demdike had escaped at the end of They Came And Ate Us , there was a loose end . |
| 9 | For those who missed his performance in They Came And Ate Us it must be said that this was n't a very nice demon at all . |
| 10 | She came and examined us and she says , ‘ Oh , you 're all right . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A man came and showed us slides of both Australia and Canada . |
| 12 | At least no one came and found us half naked in the showers with our arms around each other . |
| 13 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 14 | ‘ Chinchero ? ’ a campesino asked and waved us on . |
| 15 | too sure , and so they kidnapped and bussed us |
| 16 | Jason and Rachel Sheffield rush between us , helping with the boat , and there is Jean who has been our main support and encouraged and organized us through all the long months of preparation , fed us , nagged us and even done my washing ! |
| 17 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 18 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 19 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 20 | Police said : ‘ He lied and took us on a wild goose chase . |
| 21 | He surprised and alarmed us all by saying that , following the liberalisation of exit controls , he expected that up to 7 million Soviet citizens would want to work in the west . |
| 22 | After half an hour the bus started and moved us seventy metres , to the nearest plane , the one we could have walked to , with less effort and staying warmer . |
| 23 | I know when we 've er sold the house , when our children all went and left us , the house was for three bedrooms , right , and I , I said to my husband I do n't want to stay here because they built the school outside behind our er , erm back yard , and every , all the rubbish that kids throw threw over and I said to him I do n't want to stay now kids , kids gone , children gone leave , left home , got married and went to off , I said I do n't want to live here , I do n't want to retire to , to stay at home and listen to the kids at school all day long and have the rubbish thrown over the hedge |
| 24 | Cos I like , I 've got a faulty one , the police went and stopped us one . |
| 25 | ‘ We just let him use whatever dyes he liked and send us whatever he ended up with . ’ |
| 26 | Then the PR lady appeared and told us we should be playing more sing-along . |
| 27 | We went astray once but a man on a mule appeared and redirected us , and a solitary house provided welcome tea . |
| 28 | He smiled and waved us over . |
| 29 | Henry smiled and dismissed us with a flick of his fingers . |
| 30 | What about the people who wrote or told us life stories : how far can they be taken as typical ? |