Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] us the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 2 | He was n't er able to be so positive as that , but he did certainly give us the impression that er that he 'd listened very carefully to what we had to say . |
| 3 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 4 | ‘ I know you 've always told us the truth — but what are you talking about ? ’ asked Rose . |
| 5 | Tories , long , short and tall , queued with the stoicism that had once made us the envy of the world . |