Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 2 | The success of the day surprised us both . |
| 3 | The evergreen leaves of the wreath remind us that God never changes . |
| 4 | But however low he is brought , the urgent forward and upward drive of the writing gives us such moments as stages on the way to eventual triumph . |
| 5 | ‘ Your inclusion as a member of the embassy surprised us all , ’ Jotan said . |
| 6 | ‘ He has damaged the ligaments but the nature of the injury makes us more hopeful of recovery than we would be from some ankle injuries . ’ |
| 7 | Being able to anticipate the demands of the future makes us less vulnerable to stress . |
| 8 | He also uses personification rather a lot throughout the novel to give us more of an idea of what he was experiencing . |
| 9 | Trace 's new baby bass combo has been brought into the world to convince us that small can be beautiful … |
| 10 | A few days beforehand , Jack Cornelius suggested a jaunt into the countryside to cheer us all up . |
| 11 | Within a week , we received a letter back from the minister informing us that Bracken House had been listed grade II* . |
| 12 | Prints on the wall remind us that art was once appreciated here . |
| 13 | Half a century ago , youths in Wellington bombers flew out to deal death and have it dealt to them in return ; now the American F-111s roar overhead , and , from time to time , a plume of orange flame and a cloud of smoke appear on the horizon to remind us all that dishing it out and taking it are widely differing talents . |
| 14 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
| 15 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |