Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild . |
| 2 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 3 | The place of work also provides us with a base for social interaction . |
| 4 | The coach then took us into the Wachau Valley for lunch at another 5-star hotel and then after a short walk through the medieval village and Durnstein Castle , we went on to the ‘ UND ’ Monastery at Krems for a wine tasting . |
| 5 | An absolute conception of poverty thus alerts us to the fact that health — for some or all of the family — will be bartered in the struggle to meet basic needs . |
| 6 | The husband now joined us in the street and the fracas escalated . |
| 7 | Yet the living results of natural selection overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design as if by a master watchmaker , impress us with the illusion of design and planning . |
| 8 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
| 9 | Comparison also points us to an important dimension of law already discussed : besides regulating behaviour or social relations , legal systems also — in different societies to different degrees — contain a symbolic or rhetorical dimension , in other words , law forms part of the ideological system of a society . |
| 10 | In spite of its loose thinking Lorentz 's argument really takes us to the nub of the whole Hollywood system . |
| 11 | Rainbow almost runs us off the road . |
| 12 | Thus our falling plasma adrenalin and body temperature in the evening prepare us for sleep by toning us down , just as rising values from 5 o'clock in the morning onwards prepare us for the rigours of a new day . |
| 13 | Opposing censorship therefore leads us into the position of defending pornography . |
| 14 | Gravity still pins us to the planet . |
| 15 | My old man occasionally joined us on a Saturday morning , but only to get some cash off Granpa so that he could go to the Black Bull and spend it all with his mate Bert Shorrocks . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State helpfully reminded us of the enormous changes and potential changes in the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Again , the explanation still defeats us for the reason why and how Claxby box , locked up and deserted , could give the 5-5-5 bell code to Market Rasen ( the bell code for opening signalbox ) . |
| 18 | These two areas of convergence also direct us to the main area of divergence and the reason why , though in actuality inextricably related , the psychic and the cultural return of homosexuality still need to be distinguished . |
| 19 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 20 | After a while we appeared to stop accelerating in this nose-high stance — and of course we could no longer clearly see where we were going , so I eased the yoke forward to lift us onto the step . |
| 21 | If you 'd like a copy just phone us at the Careline and the number to call is |
| 22 | We hate doing this because it could be handy information in the event the other party ever accuses us of a transgression . |
| 23 | Each of these ultra-familiar tunes came up sounding fresh and surprising , and the entire set consistently delighted us with the unexpected . |