Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 2 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 3 | It 's a new secret organization of nationalists and patriots working to free us from the French ! " |
| 4 | Once again Abbot Bere came to greet us in the guest house , accompanied by a monk who had been absent at our earlier meeting . |
| 5 | It is when we make an attempt to clarify it that the confidence begins to desert us in the face of difficulties . |
| 6 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 7 | Our footsteps echoed as though there were other people walking to meet us from the far end . |
| 8 | God means to free us from the bondage to the self-centredness and self-vindication which marked us in the old days , and has equipped us with the Spirit of the Messiah to set us free to serve him unselfconsciously , effectively and joyfully . |
| 9 | As ever , time constraints meant that we could n't try absolutely everything , and so the Bass Centre 's manager Martin Gravestock agreed to guide us through the popular models within our categories , and we chose random examples from there . |
| 10 | The Festival of Britain sought to persuade us of the imminence of a better and less contorted world . |
| 11 | By denying the existence of administrative law in the face of the structural pressures for the growth in administration , the influence which Dicey 's theory had on political and legal thought served to shield us from the realities and to prevent us from addressing the issues raised by these developments in a constructive fashion . |
| 12 | We are told who sits for what , where , what our majorities are and the swing needed to return us to the real word and gainful occupation . |
| 13 | But you 're right about Willesden and how you ladies managed to find us in the blackout beats me . ’ |
| 14 | The word serves to remind us of the importance of that element so far not introduced into the discussion : diplomacy . |
| 15 | The wildfire growth of the Boy Scouts serves to remind us of the enormity of the Edwardian era 's preoccupation with its youth , and the groundswell of not only national enthusiasm but also deep funds of social anxiety . |
| 16 | Eventually a man from the tower arrived , and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft . |
| 17 | In case we become aware of its tricks , the Ego tries to throw us off the scent , by projecting aspects of itself onto the outside world . |
| 18 | A recent pronouncement by a former Education Minister serves to remind us of the kind of thinking we must guard against . |
| 19 | It angers me that an insurance company attempted to kick us in the teeth when all we were trying to do was protect ourselves . ’ |
| 20 | The hound wakes , growls , shakes itself , and with a show of haste begins to pull us towards the four corners of the great morning . |
| 21 | ‘ The Palace wants to portray us in the worst possible light . |