Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] us [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have time to discuss only one lexical myth : this is the signpost which points us in the direction of precision . |
| 2 | It proved impossible to block the jets of spindrift which sought us with every gust of the noisily strengthening wind and settled on our Gore-Tex bivvy-bags , making them ineffective unless constantly shaken clear . |
| 3 | It is that , more than the power of abstract reasoning , which elevates us above the kine and the denizens of the deep . |
| 4 | When we plan a language syllabus we can draw on very comprehensive descriptions of the language which provide us with a basis for deciding what should go into the syllabus and in what order . |
| 5 | The effects of the adrenaline which prepared us for a fight or flight situation actually work against us when we can not do either . |
| 6 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 7 | Alternatively , it may be a prerequisite for the evolutionary development of intelligence — which leads us to the premonition that , in a few billion years time , there may be intelligent lugworms stalking the Earth . |
| 8 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 9 | While it is true that , in most of them , a party with 10 per cent of the popular vote holds 100 per cent of the power , this is surely preferable to our present system , which condemns us to a lifetime of minority rule . |
| 10 | It is this perspective which links us to the work of Goffman , Harre and Giddens . |
| 11 | It is a crisis of everything which served us in the past but which is no longer tenable today . |
| 12 | His first major novel since 1983 , a quest which takes us through the heart of European thought in search of the elusive doctor . |
| 13 | FRESH GARBAGE from Frank Zappa 's bulging tape archive which takes us on a trip to the heart of greasy rock ‘ n ’ roll in the company of his much-maligned Flo & Eddie ensemble . |
| 14 | That is the dynamic , historical revelation of the Father 's love , which draws us into the community of faith and sets us to work in the service of the kingdom . |
| 15 | However , he soon found a car which took us up the hill to Maymyo , and Madriya and his wife and daughter came with us . |
| 16 | The car which took us to the station drove as sedately as a Daimler in a royal procession although the people of Amsterdam were on their way to work and provided admirable subjects for baiting . |
| 17 | Many things are told to the reader throughout the novel through conversation or through reading something such as the reading of the tombstone which tells us of the death of Pip 's parents . |
| 18 | Most of us are labouring under beliefs which limit our potential , or create personal trauma and suffering , or which deprive us of the magic and joy of being alive . |
| 19 | Much later in the books of Samuel we find another story concerning the ark which reminds us of the battle with the Philistines . |
| 20 | Maybe part of the daisy 's popularity lies in its shape , a yellow disk fringed with white petals ( correctly ray-florets ) , a simple arrangement which reminds us of the sun . |
| 21 | This lascivious hankering for the impossible , this lusty speculation and mystification , what the Vermorels call ‘ consumer mysticism ’ , all of this was written off by Punk , which left us with a shame about worship , made it a pad of its task to negotiate equal terms between audience and artist . |
| 22 | I know , but we should n't have to borrow mother when I had to get back , to borrow my wages off Jes to get her tax for her car which left us with no money ! |
| 23 | Finally , as if rewarding us for our efforts , Yuri provided us with what was for us the highlight of the day — an impromptu performance ( to a disco beat ) which left us in no doubt at all as to why this tall , handsome athlete is Russia 's leading ballet super-Tsar ! |
| 24 | It may seem that if we succeed in adapting our values to such disturbances instead of losing them altogether , it is because we still retain some vestige of a Christian and liberal moral tradition a memory of ‘ Do unto others … ’ at the roots of social habit , which saves us from the collapse into competing egoisms into which deepening conflicts are perpetually driving us . |
| 25 | The opening scene has no less than three of Richard 's ten soliloquies , which inform us at every stage of his dissimulation . |
| 26 | Which leaves us with the matter of the duffle-coat . ’ |
| 27 | We are committed and open to each other in a way which brings us under the influence of the other 's ethics and direction in life . |
| 28 | All of which brings us to the text editor . |
| 29 | Which brings us to the film 's second major warning : Be careful how you chose your friends . |
| 30 | ‘ Which brings us to the matter of World Rights . ’ |