Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] us to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I want us to be clear about what we 're doing . |
| 2 | ’ I want us to be positive , even though Chelsea deserve respect because of the very impressive run they 've had . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever Scotland 's team , I want us to be creative enough to make the Maltese worry without being in any way self conscious about problems that are in the past , ’ concluded the national coach . |
| 4 | I wanted us to be honest with each other , and I rushed into it , hoping you would understand . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What do you want us to be ambitious in , sir ? ’ |
| 6 | You mean you want us to be kind to them . |
| 7 | That was the one thing you warned us to be careful on , so that the benefit |
| 8 | We wonder if she has ever heard of chronic paranoid schizophrenia , and she tells us to be quiet . |
| 9 | We doubted that it was technically possible , or that there would be a niche for such a business , but they proved us to be wrong and that was the beginning of the launch of Tactel , our highly successful family of fibres for leisurewear , the ICI record campaign , and so many more besides . |
| 10 | It behoves us to be sceptical , then , about Victorian genealogical status symbols ; frequently there is an inverse proportion between the degree of pomp and the humble nature of the ancestry . |
| 11 | ‘ Father is afraid I 'll die soon , you see , so he wants us to be married tomorrow morning . |
| 12 | With all Scotland quiet as a flat calm under his hand , he wants us to be quiet too , and let be the Mackinnons and the Maclaines of Lochbuie for a year or three . ’ |
| 13 | He wanted us to be happy aboard him . |