Example sentences of "[verb] to us [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse . |
| 2 | It is almost as if they were lent to us for their infancy and formative years , and are then entirely free to go their own way . |
| 3 | I AM writing on behalf of the ships company of HMS Active , and in particular the Petty Officers ' mess , to formally thank the city of Liverpool for the excellent hospitality that has been shown to us during our visit . |
| 4 | Four VI formers , two in their Lower VI year and two Upper VI talked to us of their education and plans for the future under the title ‘ Education for the 1990's ’ . |
| 5 | The C.C.P.R. has done much to help the Society and other Organisations establish themselves , and Festival Producer Olive Newson is well known to us for her encouragement and help . |
| 6 | The influence of Kant 's aesthetic theory on the forgoing of immediate pleasure is clear and explicit ; Simmel states that ‘ We desire objects only if they are not immediately given to us for our use and enjoyment ; that is , to the extent that they resist our desire ’ ( 1978 : 66 ) . |
| 7 | Indeed it was to escape this commotion of the house that young Tennyson sought sanctuary and solitude in the surrounding countryside , where he could be at peace with all he beheld and find the inspiration for his poetic thoughts which he conveyed to us by his pen . |
| 8 | We are saying at the liturgy we come into God 's presence , we speak with him , offer him our thanks and praise , open our hearts to him especially in our darkest moments and he speaks to us of his love and grace . |
| 9 | We have freedom to enjoy the space that God gives to us in his family . |
| 10 | It was at this point that Venturous took over the job completely and we holed up discreetly just round the corner in Helford River to await news of the suspect 's departure , to be signalled to us by our Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 11 | So we stayed five days in this backpackers ' , had a look round Auckland , visited MOTAT the Museum of Transport and Technology , opened a bank account , sold the Krugerrands which had been left to us by my Mum and which financed at least half the trip , and recovered from jetlag by sleeping only at night . |
| 12 | Norma Jones wrote to us from her home in Braintree . |
| 13 | At no time will the report be sent to us without your consent , but without the report we would be unable to proceed with your application . |
| 14 | At no time will the report be sent to us without your consent , but without the report we would be unable to proceed with your Application . |
| 15 | A few days later , Grace McNeil , who had just lost a much-loved Rough Collie and had been sent to us by her vet , came and took the young male , Robbie . |
| 16 | We love you because you were sent to us by Our Father . " |
| 17 | However , if you write to us on your return we compensate you for outbound delays as follows : |
| 18 | This is completely outside our control , but if you 're affected , write to us on your return and we 'll compensate you for outbound delays as follows : |
| 19 | We need to be open to what God would say to us through our link missionaries . |
| 20 | We need to be open to what God would say to us through our link missionaries . |
| 21 | There is always a certain mismatch between belief and experience , because the latter is untidy ; it comes to us without our asking for it , while the expression in words of our interpretation of experience tends to have a more clear-cut , fixed character about it . |
| 22 | Each day then comes to us with its light and its fruit and we , like the trees and the grass , can expand in the light . |
| 23 | So they might well have had convenient discussions with the N R A as late as Friday even though their letter preem the Inspectorate 's letter was written on the eighth of September and Friday of course was the day after this letter had been released to us on our request and was was two days after the Selby committee had met on Wednesday . |