Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] us [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 2 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 3 | Codemasters ' director David Darling said : ‘ The fact that Sega has chosen to wait to sue until just before our commercial launch shows this is a blatant attempt to keep us from the market they control . ’ |
| 4 | We are likely to repeat previous styles to get us through the pain , but a point can be reached where the old ways no longer work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We 've asked four top designers to join us for the day and show just how they would accessorize the little black dress that is a staple of this season 's wardrobe . |
| 7 | Last Wednesday we invited the 4 British students studying at the University to visit us at the hotel for dinner . |
| 8 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 9 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 10 | October saw the ‘ classroom ’ move along the road ( or the M4 ) to Swindon for John Lye and Richard Long of Nationwide Anglia to educate us on the mysteries of behavioural scoring on current accounts . |
| 11 | I see thank you , yes that 's very helpful that clarifies the position on that and finally I 'll ask Michael Colgan to take us into the question of the management systems for the contract . |
| 12 | In the early part of 1992 you will learn of some exciting developments that will take place to help us through the year and indeed the future . |
| 13 | Two pretexts were given for the failure to release us from the airport : that one of the mares wore a head-collar with an obviously masculine name embossed , and that one of the fillies ’ passports was stamped GONE TO STUD . |
| 14 | We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat . |
| 15 | ‘ Ask your mother and Gwen to join us in the garden , will you Andrew ? ’ |
| 16 | No front garden , just two feet of concrete between the house and the pavement , with a little wall to separate us from the road . |
| 17 | We go into a state of shock to protect us from the knowledge . |
| 18 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 19 | After all , ITN 's bulletins have made no attempts to deceive us about the influence of Iraqi minders over Sadler 's reports . |
| 20 | ‘ As long as we are ready , the ebb will leave behind fertile ground to sustain us to the future that is the true value of the visit of the festival to this area . |
| 21 | After several visits from head office staff to put us in the picture , we now look forward to being part of a much larger organisation and being fully ‘ commercialised ’ in 1992 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ) |
| 23 | God under takes to teach us through the Spirit if we will allow him to lead us into a closer understanding of and obedience to Jesus Christ . |
| 24 | We both decided that we needed more detector users to help us on the day , so John contacted members of the Shropshire Antiquities Group , who were more than willing to lend a helping hand . |
| 25 | A truck waits on the shore to return us to the world of air-conditioners , crisp white sheets and hot showers , a world sustained by the river , and one whose insatiable demands are destroying it . |
| 26 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 27 | Good League results led even the club 's sternest critic to believe that in Vic Noodle we had found the man to take us into the Football League . |
| 28 | ‘ In your labours in the Vestment Guild you are creating things of beauty to lead us to the wonder of God . |
| 29 | Just as we have adopted an intuitive approach to the concept of set so we shall allow our intuition to guide us in the matter of whether or not an explanation is logically acceptable : to formalise the notion of acceptability would take us too far afield , into symbolic logic . |
| 30 | Britten , by contrast , makes his Passacaglia the centrepiece of his drama , and uses the form to take us to the heart of Grimes 's tragedy . |