Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] us [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " . |
| 2 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 4 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 5 | Suppose , however , that we resisted Wittgenstein 's attempt to push us from weak-kneed scepticism to solipsism ; we find the relevant argument ( see 5.4 ) unconvincing , perhaps . |
| 6 | Each of these companies provided us with detailed information of their purchases , which provided the basis for our estimate of ‘ indirect ’ employment described in Section 3 . |
| 7 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 8 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 9 | But in the Lawrence passage , there is no such intermediary to deflect us from direct participation in the fictional world . |
| 10 | The task Gomez envisages for the black lesbian returns us to radical humanism , and both Fanon and Gide as important points of reference . |
| 11 | Have we been expelled from an arcadia of fun where nature provided us with innocent automata , lowing and braying machines for our amusement ? |
| 12 | Maureen Ruchardson , who made a similar appearance in the B is for Book exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead , continues to cook and beat the fibres of local plants to provide us with hand-made paper . |
| 13 | I told the spaceship to take us to New Earth , the planet of the Star Council . |
| 14 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 15 | One delegate commented : ‘ It could be used as a trick to keep us in residential care . ’ |
| 16 | The more video recordings we collected , the more we talked to hearing professionals , the greater appeared the gulf between what hearing people told us about deaf signing and what deaf people were actually doing . |
| 17 | Australia blinded us with torrential rain and howling gales and somehow two commercials were shot under sizzling arc-lamps , and wildly flapping plastic sheeting . |
| 18 | French press releases overran our positions , German amendments raked us with deadly fire . |
| 19 | I did n't show you the , the grade and the stage curves because we all know what they look like but what I 'm saying is that by doing the count provides us with additional information on this group of patients . |
| 20 | The problem arises because there is nothing in our day-to-day life to provide us with sufficient exercise . |
| 21 | Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger but we ignore it because of social pressure , lack of time or lack of courage . |
| 22 | ‘ We should look to the Holy Spirit to guide us for good news . |
| 23 | To add to this confusion the steep-angled grass above is riddled with puffin burrows ; later in our stay we found that attempts to move tripods closer to the edge put us in real danger of disappearing downwards , compete with the odd half-acre of apparently stable cliff top . |
| 24 | The Times caressed us with recondite information : no Pakistani batsman had made a century at Headingley ; Pakistan bowled their 100th no-ball in the series ( Wasim Akram , not out 63 ) . |
| 25 | We are taking on Mr. McKeever from Crewe to help us with new waiting list initiatives in the Mersey region , and we are giving him £2 million to deal with some of the longer lists . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 27 | Major criticises US over global warming stance |
| 28 | What do these tests tell us about mental performance ? |
| 29 | Is the purpose of a single European currency and the central bank to assist us in improving living standards by providing a level playing field or are they steps towards some kind of federal Europe ? |
| 30 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |