Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] us [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to thank you all at this time on behalf of the Association and the sport we represent for all your efforts you make for us in an unpaid capacity and time given voluntary to all . |
| 2 | And looking behind us in an emotional sense can be of great preventive value . |
| 3 | ‘ The Commission appointed to investigate the disaster came to us after an earlier attempt to prove the cause of the crash had failed , ’ explains senior project manager Steve Jackman . |
| 4 | One of many legends on the closeness of human and chimpanzee has been told to us by an old man in the village of Daobli , near our study site in Taï national park . |
| 5 | Their being excited in us in an orderly fashion ‘ gives us a sort of foresight , which enables us to regulate our actions for the benefit of life ’ ; and this testifies to God 's wisdom and benevolence . |
| 6 | The north wind gave the day a restless feeling , and the journey stretched before us like an early map whose faint features were pleasingly unreliable . |
| 7 | Incredible though it now seems , the tomato , brought by the Spaniards from Peru to Spain at the close of the sixteenth century and shortly afterwards planted in France , Portugal , Italy and England , was well known to us as an ornamental plant for two hundred years before its culinary possibilities were perceived . |
| 8 | Above you will find a sample itinerary , prepared to a brief given to us by an imaginary customer . |
| 9 | God does n't stand over us like an angry judge wanting to convict us and sentence us ; rather he watches over us with love and tenderness , always willing to forgive us for our misdemeanours and mistakes . |
| 10 | That 's not always attractive cos initially that 's more expensive for them , but er they ha they have to er come to us with an open mind as well . |
| 11 | It was described to us by an experienced wildlife film-maker , Alastair MacEwen , who was filming house martins with a high speed camera . |
| 12 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |