Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] to us [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | the Cubans were obliged to turn to us for help . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |