Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] us [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail tell us the eighteen twenty four , Manchester to Paddington train — that 's the train that 's due in at Oxford at eighteen twenty four- is fifteen minutes late this evening , and all trains from Paddington to Oxford are about twenty minutes late . |
| 2 | This text gives us a new basis for co-operation with our partners in bringing these criminals to justice . |
| 3 | This masterpiece gives us the classical moment of the archaic style . |
| 4 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 5 | This picture offers us a useful parallel with the Handel portrait dating from about 1728 and has the same kind of confidential candour . |
| 6 | Supremely , however , this generous desire to show us the best in an author is manifested in his long chapter about Spenser , and there he marks himself out not as a kindly eccentric , but as a pioneer of modern taste . |
| 7 | In a few minutes … the Foreign Secretary gives us an exclusive glimpse of his new swimming trunks … |
| 8 | The following day , a Spanish lady gave us a guided tour of Cartiera , a partly excavated Roman town only three miles from Gibraltar . |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend realise that in dealing with things that we hold so dear we want to make sure that the European Community gives us a good bargain and that what we give to it will be given back to us ? |
| 10 | If democracy is about government by the people for the people , then it can not be about giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years . |
| 11 | Not someone or some thing using his poor little body to give us a dreadful warning . |
| 12 | We considered gas , electricity and oil , and natural gas offered us the best benefits , ’ said Mike MacCormack , Administrator at Dunster Castle . |
| 13 | Two lapwings , a couple of villagers and a curious dog gave us a fine send off . |
| 14 | The questions which are asked about a still image tell us a great deal about the narrative interest in that image . |
| 15 | What a good idea to build us a new housing estate so that we can pay property tax ! |
| 16 | Talking about his selection he said : ‘ I think that most of us look at paintings not so much to find out about them , but to find out about ourselves , for like a great novel or play , a great painting offers us a unique opportunity of investigating our own experiences . ’ |
| 17 | In the Far East , the Indonesian government awarded us a major contract for the design of a fuel transfer and storage system for their research centre near Jakata . |
| 18 | Our purpose is less exacting and a simple application using the familiar 555 timer gives us an effective PWM with a minimum of components and a duty cycle variation from about 20 per cent to 70 per cent . |
| 19 | RICHARD ROLLE 'S conversion to the solitary life tells us a good deal about his spirituality . |
| 20 | As we entered the bloated face nodded us a silent greeting . |
| 21 | You must at the same time send us a detailed estimate of the costs involved . |
| 22 | But in a way what happened last season gave us a necessary jolt . |
| 23 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |