Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] us [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A man talked to us about the Christian way of life . |
| 32 | Jesus , the Christ , is the one who has come through the water of his baptism , through the blood of his cross , and is mediated to us through the Holy Spirit . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | It was sold to us on a false premise . |
| 35 | He will be missed although the contribution he has made will remain with us in the present form of N C V O , to which he very greatly contributed . |
| 36 | There is still much to be done but the more we ‘ get it right first time ’ the more confidence our customers will have to remain with us for the long term future . |
| 37 | As it seems that the ancient and archaic NDB is to remain with us for the foreseeable future , this might be a good time to take a closer look at its failings as an aid to navigation ? |
| 38 | A few weeks later , whilst visiting St. John 's College , he shared with us about the mutual support within the group and the high priority given to it by its members . |
| 39 | Three or four cars wheezed past us on the dusty road . |
| 40 | Congressman Long thinks to give us alms , kicked towards us with the dirty soles of his shoes , so that the Salvadorean people , on their bended knees , lick them up from the ground with their tongues . |
| 41 | She looked pleadingly at Tamar as she said , ‘ Mebbe when t'summer comes , your Mam 'll let thoo come and stop wi' us for a few days . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |
| 43 | ‘ She 's been staying with us for a few days . ’ |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | We suggest that , while bicycles may be recognizable by reference to the fact that they are damaged ( as in ( 59 ) ) , we can not easily describe bicycles as belonging to us in the same respect ; nor can we refer to ideas as belonging to you inasmuch as they are " discussed " . |
| 46 | The time interval between one bird stopping and the other starting is so short that we can not detect it , and the duet sounds to us like a continuous solo . |
| 47 | Together you can return to us from the frozen forbidden place . |
| 48 | he 's not , he 's not , he 's not a , he 's not stupid , Christopher , he , he 's certainly not stupid , and er he must have seen , I mean I assume he keeps his bank statements , I mean I 'm afraid we have one or two bank statements which show thousands of pounds that he 's received from us over the last year erm and , you know , he ca n't blind because they 've all gone through his bank account , you know , he must |
| 49 | On the other hand we can not forget the trust placed in us by the general public , nor can we watch the gradual erosion of the original plans without a public protest , and a public request to the health authority to please think again . |
| 50 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 51 | One thing worth remarking about this is cosmology and astronomy in general is very unusual science in the sense that when we observe very distant objects in the universe we are observing the universe actually as it was in the past , because the light that 's coming towards us from a distant galaxy or cluster of galaxies actually left that object maybe millions or billions of years ago . |
| 52 | There were some hill-walkers with ice-axes coming towards us from the other side of the hill , and I was trying to look as though I meant to come hill-walking dressed like a hairdresser 's receptionist . |
| 53 | Righteous in their lack of desire , the media-munching thin people dispose of us like a dirty garment . |
| 54 | He squatted opposite us in the open doorway and lit a cigarette . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | I do n't think anyone will dispute that those are not offices suited to us in the nineties . |
| 57 | He talked to us about the new country , about snow , about the huge city , and we all wanted to know more , to see what it was like . |
| 58 | These are known to us as the African elephant , Loxodonta africana , and the Asian elephant , Elephas maximus . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | It is the most potent poison known to us from the entire animal world . |