Example sentences of "[verb] us to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr. Ashworth helpfully referred us to a substantial number of United States decisions . |
2 | Woodger made his Palace debut on 1 November 1905 at Swindon in a United League game , helped us to a 6–1 win and scored two goals . |
3 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
4 | So we might in fact simplify this by saying these are the enabling factors if you like , to leave home these are the motivating factors pulling us to a certain destination . |
5 | We see then that the idea introduces us to a radical gospel which brings an uncomfortable message to our hearts . |
6 | This leads us to a fundamental distinction in the character of critical judgements , a distinction between what I shall call internal and external criteria of judgement . |
7 | His devotional works are full of joy ; religion , he said , ‘ leads us to a huge felicity through pleasant ways ’ . |
8 | This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working . |
9 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
10 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
11 | And are we to think that this loving God really wants us to linger on in pain and without dignity when , according to the same dogma , He is in any case calling us to a better life ? |
12 | Our second association item takes us to a late autumn in the next reign . |
13 | A consideration of two dreams in Shakespeare 's plays takes us to a similar conclusion . |
14 | An unexpected gap in the mountains beckoned us to a silent lake fed by waterfalls and surrounded by woods with banks of moss , lichens and fungi alive with lemmings scurrying among holes and tree roots . |
15 | We have set very clear targets which will return us to a basic level of performance in the next two years . |
16 | I assume this can go ahead immediately , without tying us to a detailed course outline . |
17 | Our approach has the advantage of not tying us to a particular syntax and semantics for the space of expressions . |
18 | Russian , ultimately , has brought us to a similar endeavour . |
19 | Is the Prime Minister aware , first , that people will want to study in detail what he has brought back and will need far more time to do that , and , secondly , that a treaty committing us to a European union probably represents an even bigger change than our entry into the Community in 1975 , the long-term effect of which over many Parliaments will be great ? |
20 | Perhaps racism has conditioned us to a greater extent than we expected . |
21 | This combined emphasis — that doubt is not the same as unbelief but can lead naturally to it — directs us to a mature handling of doubt that avoids the extremes of being too hard or too soft on doubt . |
22 | We had chosen our visit to coincide with the full moon , but it also coincided with a period of maximum solar flare activity , and on every clear night the Lights treated us to a spectacular show in green and red . |
23 | After climbing to the top of the largest crater , the boat took us to a small bay on Palea Kameni where you can swim to the hot springs and delve into the orange mud of the sea bed , supposedly wonderful for your skin ! |
24 | There were three soldiers for every nun ; they tied our hands and took us to a small room , two soldiers pushing each nun . |
25 | Reluctantly , he took us to a single kennel at the back of the offices . |
26 | After the shopping spree Mary took us to a little tea shop for tea and cakes and then we returned happily with our presents . |
27 | Health expenditure increased , but not by enough to lift us to a comparable position with our main industrial competitors . |
28 | Enzensberger invites us to a ghastly repetition of the corsi e ricorsi of humanity 's blind tragedy . |
29 | Mam chose instead to take us to a different hill station every year so that we travelled the length and breadth of India , from Kashmir in the far north-west , four days ' journey by train and road , to the Nilgiri near Simla , and Darjeeling . |
30 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |