Example sentences of "us [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we can say Yes to this acid test , then we will find several other reasons for planting churches today which will spur us on to do so . |
| 2 | … she call us in to do 'er dirty work for her , build 'er up , she wants us out again 'cos she see that we 're gettin' education and we 're gettin' brainy , and we 're comin' into power so she wants us all out before we reach too high . |
| 3 | Perhaps the main reason why we British have not in the past been particularly enthusiastic about positive health maintenance is that sensible medical advice on the subject is mainly concerned with telling us not to do things . |
| 4 | But , exercise apart , the medical profession has been mainly concerned with telling us not to do things , rather than to do things , and banning things rather than advocating them . |
| 5 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |
| 6 | To show us how to do the hedgerow and the European round table design as well . |
| 7 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 8 | Son told us how to do it once , so he got the book out and he said , oh , then he gave up in the end ! |
| 9 | I think she showed us how to do |
| 10 | erm and it was so successful that they asked us again to do one from the United States |
| 11 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |