Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] us the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 3 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 4 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 5 | Theyll have to give us the trophy for keeps if we win it again in the next quarter century . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but Winnie does tell us the truth , does n't he , even if we do n't like it ? |
| 7 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |
| 8 | Our experience has been that where we are able to admit a person who is dementing we wonder after a couple of days — How did the relatives manage ? b The past 3 years have shown us the myth that exists in many professionals ' minds about relatives pushing an old person into care . |
| 9 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 10 | But through the Spirit , God has given us the ability to fulfil those requirements . |
| 11 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 12 | Actually erm although councillor is quite correct that we 're providing a service , erm in some ways it would be nice if the government did give us the freedom to operate our business as we choose to do so . |
| 13 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 14 | Science has given us the technology , but do we have the right to use it ? |
| 15 | ‘ The success of the over-haul has given us the incentive to improve the plant systems and procedures even further , ’ added Ian . |
| 16 | A full analysis has shown us the way forward and detailed programmes of personal development are being drawn up for everyone in Chemicals Manufacturing . |
| 17 | ‘ The penalty miss cost us the game , ’ Walker said . |
| 18 | THE sight of Martin Bell falling injured after being hit by Serbian mortar fire reminds us of the risks reporters take to bring us the news . |
| 19 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 20 | The assumptions we have been making so far about intensional relations and their combination and representation seem to deny us the chance of distinguishing two different structures here . |