Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] to us [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 2 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 3 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 4 | When the naive inductivist , and many other empiricists , assume that there is something unique given to us in experience that can be interpreted in various ways , they are assuming , without argument and in spite of much evidence to the contrary , some one-to-one correspondence between the images on our retinas and the subjective experiences that we have when seeing . |
| 5 | This time , let's have this client who 's aged thirty four next birthday , erm , non-smoker , it 's the page we 've been using , let's say our client can afford now , forty pounds , because they 're likely to talk to us in terms of tens or fives , so forty pounds . |
| 6 | The fair came to us in November , and from dusk on until midnight , the dank and misty air would be full of the harsh music from the steam organ , the cries of the stall-holders calling their wares , the shouts and laughter of children , and the hiss of the naphtha flares which lit the booths . |
| 7 | Whatever our working situation , whether we view ourselves as being in a position of unique privilege or even perhaps severe disadvantage , Paul has something fundamental and life-changing to say to us in terms of principle and practical application . |
| 8 | the Cubans were obliged to turn to us for help . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 10 | In the event of our cancelling this order as to all or any of the goods and/or the work covered thereby we shall be entitled to purchase from a third party a like quantity of goods of similar description and quality , or a reasonable alternative thereto , bearing in mind our need to take delivery of the goods by the date specified overleaf , or to contract with a third party to perform work of a similar description and quality , and in that event you shall be liable to reimburse to us on demand all expenditure incurred by us in connection with our said cancellation , including any increase in the price over that stated overleaf . |