Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] us in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
2 | They are leading us in the direction of a central truth about life on Earth , the truth that I alluded to in my opening paragraph about willow seeds . |
3 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
4 | Actually , as R. A. Fisher , one of the founding fathers of what is now called neo-Darwinism , has pointed out , this fact of particulate inheritance has always been staring us in the face , every time we think about sex . |
5 | They 'll be expecting us in the house . ’ |
6 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
7 | They 'll be teasing us in the club mother wo n't they ? |
8 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |
9 | It is staring us in the face . |
10 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
11 | ‘ The need to intern is staring us in the face , ’ he said . |
12 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |