Example sentences of "[vb infin] we [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — the way in which he and his colleagues can assist us on an individual basis . |
| 2 | Such an exhibition , and its permanent record in the lavishly illustrated new book edited by Wendy Roworth , should alert us to the rich possibilities offered by serious reassessment of the work of such a varied , complex and intellectual artist as Angelica Kauffman . |
| 3 | May they preserve us from the hermetic seal . |
| 4 | They do n't direct us to the late survival of a gypsy paradise . |
| 5 | Dress shop assistants grow supercilious , aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment . |
| 6 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 7 | Yeah , what , no , tell us , what 's the maximum amount of timber you could theoretically give us on a good day . |
| 8 | However , it follows at once that they do not strictly present us with a distinct adjective position , but just a special case of the predicative adjective already discussed in Chapter 3 . |
| 9 | Meditation can bring us into the immediate presence of God . |
| 10 | Even so , these cautionary comments should not dislodge us from the main point . |
| 11 | ‘ It is the only thing that will defend us in the present crisis , ’ says Reddy . |
| 12 | And that should see us through the difficult times . ’ |
| 13 | That and the Governments troubles should keep us off the front page for a day or two . |
| 14 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 15 | It will provide us with a great boost , ’ he said . |
| 16 | This view of what we infer from reading ( 9 ) will only provide us with a limited insight into how readers interpret what they read . |
| 17 | He does n't just provide us with a general description , he puts forward more significant details and makes us visualise clearly and lets us see for ourselves what it was like . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't you provide us with a new x ray machine , incubators , analysers , and an ultrasound machine ? |
| 19 | The basic premise upon which much of this work is based is most succinctly expressed by William Downes : While Downes 's statement alludes to an unfashionable humanist notion of dramatic character , it does provide us with a valuable starting point for the present discussion . |
| 20 | Acorn would provide us with a ready-made hotel chain ripe for further expansion . |
| 21 | This letter is to confirm our agreement that you will provide us with an authoring program for Reading for English . |
| 22 | Taken together with higher level knowledge , these could provide us with an alternative technique for correcting errors within the system . |
| 23 | So neither incorrigibility nor indubitability can provide us with an alternative form of foundationalism . |
| 24 | The bank chose Acse because , while ‘ other companies told us they could provide us with an Electronic Data Interchange translator , Acse was the only one who said , ‘ EDI is not a problem of technology , but a problem of integrating it into your existing systems , ’ ’ Gilmont said . |
| 25 | I would expect er I would expect the to actually provide us with the small details of of and not necessarily same . |
| 26 | Then conscience would not so much be a faculty of intuiting truths as a God-given power within us which — if put in control — will steer us in a particular direction , when it comes to choosing between ourselves and others . |
| 27 | Did we think we about the old staff did you say ? |
| 28 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |
| 29 | Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday , which would have meant waiting around for five days . |
| 30 | So , one Member of Parliament 's idea ‘ to have girl muggers whipped ’ would turn back the clock to the 1820s when corporal punishment for women was abolished , whereas another Parliamentary recommendation to ‘ Bring back stocks for hooligans ’ would presumably transport us into the Dark Ages . |