Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [to-vb] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 2 | Instead of ribs , the machine has a canvas roof to shield us from the weather , and although one can peer out through slits here and there , the effect is of travelling in a closed world , like an outsize gypsy wagon . |
| 3 | The paradigm example to remind us of the conventionality of the relationship between meanings and perceptions is the case of expressions for colour , and this holds good even if we are willing to accept a case for the universality of certain focal points of colour perception . ) |
| 4 | The intervening years have seen the chip gradually replacing the cathode ray to provide us with the most pervasive and persuasive form of global mass communication . |
| 5 | What we were doing was a half-hour walkabout to accustom us to the feel of the birds . |