Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] us [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Since this is , in effect , as much an oblique comment on the present as a literal interpretation of the past , what such accounts tell us about the quality of village life in the past must be handled with considerable scepticism .
2 These songs remind us of the deeds and of the character of God , as does the psalmist who sings :
3 What do these syndromes tell us about the language-processing system as it exists in intact brains ?
4 If these variations remind us of the history of the Alps , then so much the better : we may find a better balance to the continuing battle between development and conservation .
5 These questions take us to the very heart not only of recent theological debate about Barth , but of the inner problematic of the entire development of modern theology as we are tracing it .
6 These questions take us beyond the scope of this chapter , but they are raised again in Chapter 6 .
7 These studies tell us about the broad pattern of movement between school and work .
8 These factors take us beyond the study of language , in a narrow sense , and force us to look at other areas of inquiry — the mind , the body , society , the physical world — in fact , at everything .
9 This we did by making sure every request for spare parts , made on order slips , had been met by the delivery of these parts told us by the exact delivery slip .
10 With those facts staring us in the face , it was monstrous and absurd to propose to sink a large outlay of money in the purchase of ground in this neighbourhood , and in the erection of new Government buildings .
11 Nothing was said , but we all knew he had gone against his own convictions to save us from the pain of losing his company and his vital support .
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