Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] us to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task Gomez envisages for the black lesbian returns us to radical humanism , and both Fanon and Gide as important points of reference . |
| 2 | Looking at the long sweep of the historical past , Temple had seen that ‘ Historical analogies lead us to one conclusion only ’ — that subject races invariably at some point regain their liberty . |
| 3 | Our admission charge rations us to one programme . |
| 4 | The muscular derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats of climbing , usually trees ; and their prowess in stalking and sniffing out was echoed in our exploration of sombre , dingy and often damp places . |
| 5 | Books are essential and it is a sad day when financial troubles force us to this action , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I told the spaceship to take us to New Earth , the planet of the Star Council . |
| 7 | With another black look , the man led us to that door over there . |
| 8 | Rather I cite it here as a historical antecedent whose very strangeness alerts us to several facts relevant to what follows : first , and most obviously , that sexual difference is not a biological given so much as a complex ideological history ; second , that current theories of sexual difference are of relatively recent origin , and quite probably still haunted by older views , including this one ; third , it suggests that ‘ before ’ sexual difference the woman was once ( and may still be ) feared in a way in which the homosexual now is — feared , that is , not so much , or only , because of a radical otherness , as because of an interior resemblance presupposing a certain proximity ; the woman then , as the homosexual in modern psychoanalytic discourse , is marked in terms of lesser or retarded development . |
| 9 | The sheer abundance of the commercial use of Bruce Weber 's imagery brings us to another feature of the selection here . |
| 10 | And Monday 's sports spot takes us to another look at the main news stories . |
| 11 | Well Margaret guided us to ruddy Conway in er , anyway , we got there and we had a bit of a bar snack did n't we ? |