Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] us " in BNC.

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1 Oh , I confess to feeling a pang when I first saw David again — I would n't be human if I had n't — but , as I said before , it was over between us a very long time ago , probably even before I fell for Paul if the truth be known . ’
2 If it was n't for us he would starve .
3 If it was n't for us he would rob you ,
4 So it was n't like us at all .
5 I knew when we unwrapped it , it was not for us to meddle with . ’
6 And we were it was just to us like English .
7 Then it was up to us and the dogs to stalk a heed and chase them in the right direction .
8 I told my friend Bridget it was up to us to keep watch .
9 Ryan was one of our own , you might say , came from the village , so it was up to us to try and put it right .
10 We rose over the shoulder " of a hill , and suddenly it was there beneath us , looking glorious with the afternoon light sparkling on its rippled surface .
11 It 's a problem that we had to face , and we had to take it , because otherwise we were going to be faced with an enormous bill , erm for ourselves , because it was down to us .
12 It was certainly worth us doing our own , ’ said Frank Brazier .
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