Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) . |
| 2 | Not for him the slightly raucous ribaldry with which most of the chaps used to greet us , no slaps on the rear or tweaking of curls , or addressing us as ‘ darling ’ or ‘ my love ’ . |
| 3 | " I 'd like to go there , just you and me , no one watching over us , no-one minding us , or guarding us , or whatever . |
| 4 | Get the New Year off to a good start by writing or telephoning us with your latest d-i-y tip , adventure — or misadventure ! |
| 5 | And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably . |
| 6 | It 's not entertaining us or making us feel comfortable . |
| 7 | Christ 's example is not that of helping us across a road , or showing us what good neighbours we must be — but costly , redemptive , self-emptying love ; love which lays down its life for others so that they might be restored to God . |
| 8 | This gives us space for others , allowing us to show kindness and understanding and helping us to live appropriately with others . |
| 9 | This is taking us from the mundane and the ugly and helping us to see something of the reality of the splendour of God in our lives , particularly when we worship Him . |
| 10 | The picture does its job by ‘ introducing ’ us to the person and helping us relate to him . |
| 11 | ‘ And they see us — and seeing us garbed thus , they grow ever more surly , refusing now to carry out all but the most basic tasks . |
| 12 | He has n't redeemed and restored back to what we were , but he 's gone way , way beyond that , in making us his children and bringing us into a very special relationship with himself . |
| 13 | So God is calling us and gathering us where we are . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's always keeping his eyes on what the kids are wearing and nudging us about what we see out there , what we hear them asking for , ’ says Caroline Freeman , an Armanishly elegant stick insect who works on his British team . |
| 15 | I was very taken with the piece and at that time after the war the Lucerne Festival was very interested in having the orchestra and allowing us to determine the repertory . |
| 16 | As Kingfisher chairman Geoff Mulcahy puts it : ‘ Opportunity 2000 in Kingfisher has helped us unlock rich reserves of talent among our employees , giving women opportunities and allowing us to make better economic use of our total workforce . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You rotten buggers , coming and catching us . ’ |
| 18 | The bamboo rungs , though wide and strong , were loosely lashed with unreliable cordage , and Lorne 's and my first simultaneous step onto the lowest rung resulted in it slipping its knots and depositing us both heavily in the mud — myself for the second time in less than twenty minutes . |
| 19 | On the whole , this is to the great benefit of government , especially conservative governments which thrive on secrecy , paranoia , a paternalistic control of information and protecting us from outside harm . |
| 20 | And this particular public regulation is all about and protecting us from ourselves , and although we do need protection from of the world , we do n't need protection from ourselves . |
| 21 | It was a big shock and when I said yes there were about 100 Australian tourists cheering and photographing us . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It was a big shock and when I said yes there were about 100 Australian tourists cheering and photographing us . ’ |
| 23 | We praise you , O God , that the light of Christ shines amidst the darkness of our world and that the darkness has not overcome it ; and we pray that his light may shine more and more into our own lives , illuminating our minds with the knowledge of the truth and enabling us to walk in the way of holiness and love ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord , |
| 24 | To the end , he is merely listening to his subjects , respecting without judging them and keeping us , as readers , flush against them , indulging in their foibles and sharing their fantasies . |
| 25 | Fundamentally , it is about embarrassment and shame and keeping us all in our place . |
| 26 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 27 | It was still dark the following morning when we were woken up by a screaming Corporal who came in , kicking the lockers and pushing us out of bed . |
| 28 | They were the bejewelled and silken-turbaned villains who coloured the pirate archetype of our Western imaginations , wielding their blades and their sea-skills like demons , and bequeathing us their name for our night-mares . |
| 29 | It 's a privilege and an honour for me to thank him , on your behalf , for coming here tonight and addressing us in the way he has . |
| 30 | It is as if Blake is taking our hand and compelling us to see what he sees : streets mapped out , chartered , known , possessing no vital life of their own but owned ; a river that has been forced to fit into this scheme , that is likewise owned , and hence deprived of some intrinsic quality that should belong to rivers . |