Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you would be saying well if we have classes this provides us with a way forward for the future in a way that if we have absolute egalitarianism that , how would we make progress through to socialism ? |
| 2 | If we persist in interpreting virginity and motherhood only in a physical sense this leaves us with a problem , and she once again becomes a burden by being an impossible act to follow . |
| 3 | What a lot that tells us about the Treasury . |
| 4 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |
| 5 | In August , we rented a house in Wales , and Shanti and Chris , our son Barney and his wife Veronika , and their children Mark and Rachel all joined us for a seaside holiday . |