Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spares us the details , saying only that she was tall , well-built . |
| 2 | One of the things that you 're saying is wrong , not so much an organised day , one of things which causes us a problem , and that 's the major one |
| 3 | He owes us a fucking million quid , do n't he ? |
| 4 | We are saying that government and employers — the State owes us a living . |
| 5 | President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria said that Africa had failed to meet its challenges : " Ever since the majority of our countries became independent in the 1960s we have conducted our lives as if the world owes us a living . " |
| 6 | Fifty years later , the brief reign of his nephew , Julian ( d. 363 ) , allows us a glimpse of the inhabitants and local dignitaries of Eastern towns divided in religion . |
| 7 | The poignancy of having distressed relatives say , ‘ How many times can you say goodbye ? ’ can not be overestimated , and allows us a glimpse of some of the problems of anticipated grief . |
| 8 | He simply allows us a ministry calling . |
| 9 | Only then can there be a truly integrated socialist feminist strategy and analysis of housing which demands decent and secure housing for everyone , and allows us a choice in the way we live . |
| 10 | The vast restaurant area allows us a complicated exit choice of at least fifty yards of glass door frontage . |
| 11 | For the fact that at the time Picasso saw the work as unfinished , allows us an insight into his aesthetic intentions and his technical procedure . |
| 12 | It allows us the conclusion that has just been contemplated : that the difference between causal items and their effects has its basis not only in the consideration that causal circumstances fix uniquely the occurrence of their effects , but also in the consideration that causal circumstances precede their effects . |
| 13 | Villages Business manager , Alan Moult , said : ‘ Funding of the 47/3e exploration well allows us the potential to become an active player in the western Villages area , where a number of significant discoveries have already been made . ’ |
| 14 | Sexuality affords us the opportunity of transgressing the barrier separating life from death . |
| 15 | Moreover — and more to the point — if as literary intellectuals we feel frustrated at having no channel of access to the figures who exercise decision-making power in our societies , Mrs Lowndes shows us a society in which literary intelligence had direct access to such centres of power , by way of the conjugal bed as well as over the dinner table . |
| 16 | The cross shows us a union of opposites : returning forgiveness when evil was given ; giving life when death was inflicted ; showing love in the face of hatred . |
| 17 | It equally informs us that as one of the results of his ‘ innovative ’ study ‘ Gale also shows us a Darwin who relied on the help of other scholars for much of his work on species . |
| 18 | The short story shows us a character at a crucial instant in her life ( parallels with the fairy tale emerge here ) and traces the effect of that instant upon her . |
| 19 | The model for Catherine Freemantle , however , shows us a different picture . |
| 20 | Tracy shows us these friendships subconsciously and shows us a scene of deep friendship . |
| 21 | And Bergman 's film Wild Strawberries shows us an elderly professor at the peak of his career , about to receive the highest academic honour in the land , who dreams the night before of failing an examination . |
| 22 | And that we have an obligation to listen to noise because it shows us the grim truth of reality . |
| 23 | The Bible shows us the will of God , which we can accept with great delight . |
| 24 | King David shows us the way when he says , ‘ It is good to give thanks to the Lord … and make thy praise our pride . ’ |
| 25 | Pascal 's approach shows us the way : ‘ The hypothesis that the apostles were knaves is quite absurd . |
| 26 | A still closer view shows us the detail of the cascade , and the passing traffic can be seen as a shivery reflection in the water of the trough . |
| 27 | Each one shows us the right way to go and we must learn to use it aright . |
| 28 | Truth is covered up , buried , and he comes and unburies the truth or rather shows us how we can unbury that truth within ourselves , shows us the tools we must use . |
| 29 | The energiser that interpenetrates the physical world and shows us the higher aspects of reality … ’ |
| 30 | He shows us the modifications which objects thought to be inanimate impose on each other … |