Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] us [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers . |
| 2 | The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms . |
| 3 | It was quite normal for us to find large quantities of the latter goods stowed away by crew members against the possibility of long stays in UK waters . |
| 4 | But generally it 's been unnecessary for us to have much contact . |
| 5 | ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ . |
| 6 | Orwell warned in 1946 that the English language ‘ becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish , but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts . ’ |
| 7 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
| 8 | But think of this as us helping each other — you get the promotion , and I get to take out the most beautiful woman in the office ! ’ he winked . |
| 9 | When we hear the word ‘ power ’ some of us make strong associations with fear , deprivation and a loss of control . |
| 10 | Some of us contemplate this prospect with horror . |
| 11 | Editor , — J Michael Dixon postulates that most dental surgeons previously had both NHS and private patients and would thus have been able to act in the Robin Hood pattern that some of us remember general practitioners adopting before the introduction of the NHS . |
| 12 | As we walked some of us played Twenty Questions to keep us going . |
| 13 | Some of us disown these qualities on a conscious level , and project them on to someone else . |
| 14 | Some of us give correct answers and some of us give incorrect answers , but we 're always consistent , you see ? " |
| 15 | Some of us give correct answers and some of us give incorrect answers , but we 're always consistent , you see ? " |
| 16 | Some of us live that life cautiously , frightened to be ourselves , to be free . |
| 17 | Few of us felt any sympathy for them , because apart from the beatings which we had received on their accounts , we all knew the rules by now , and being caught and failing in any way was wrong . |
| 18 | Few of us have much time to spend on lavish flower arrangements , but this innovative little book will show you how to create stunning yet simple displays . |
| 19 | Few of us have any idea of how much water we use on an average day . |
| 20 | Because few of us possess universal skills , we learn to value one another 's and to look for the unexpected amongst our colleagues ( the music teacher who is a professional photographer , the lab technician skilled in electronics ) ; and because teachers must necessarily concentrate mostly on what is pre-eminently their task , the design and communication of learning experiences , we value those para-professionals able to concentrate on related areas , such as the production of resources from our basic design , and the collection and organization of recorded information and communication in all formats . |
| 21 | Even the poorest of us have some money in our pockets some of the time . |
| 22 | It is not easy to achieve the recommendation of the HMI document The Curriculum from 5 to 16 , that pupils should be able to use what they learn for their own purposes , because each of us has different purposes in life , and what is relevant to one pupil will not be relevant to another . |
| 23 | Each of us have different ways of trying to express this change . |
| 24 | After we had docked , a representative of Inflot , the Russian equivalent of Trinity House , apologetically asked each of us to sign more documents . |
| 25 | Each of us invested ten shillings and we met to decide our bets . |
| 26 | I 'm not leaving you here all alone , so it 's a case of you either coming with me , or of me staying here for the rest of the night and neither of us getting any rest . |
| 27 | You just jump in half-cocked , and get the wrong idea of the argument then I was just about to say to you that is n't the better way of doing things , cos obviously neither of us knows that way it 's just a different way and it was just a a matter of opinion so I mean |
| 28 | Neither of us paid much attention . |
| 29 | Only eight of us had any sort of previous military experience : Marius , myself , Chris , a German from Oberammergau who had killed a tourist in the celebrations surrounding the Passion Play , a Frenchman , Mike the Rhodesian , and a Portuguese and a Rumanian who had both served with their countries ' airborne regiments . |
| 30 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |