Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is a zealous Cassandra , frantically warning us about the Trojan Horse of Monsieur Delors 's federalism . |
| 2 | Another Greek has cut down a Trojan who falls under the handle , leading us to the other side . |
| 3 | If they do not ( and the track record is not good ) , they will be responsible for leading us up the wrong path ( again ) and they will create yet greater levels of exhaustion and disaffection . |
| 4 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 5 | Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time . |
| 6 | What you have seen today may well be the best lesson you will ever learn of the difficulties facing us in the outside world . |
| 7 | Barbara Davies writes : ‘ It is astonishing how Somerville , as well as feeding us on the meagre wartime rations , saw to it that we had our full ration of tutorials ; and that University lectures were given in the Arts subjects when almost all the male academics had departed for the forces or war-work . |
| 8 | Guest teacher was Joan Daniels , and we thank Kent display team for joining us despite the miserable weather . |
| 9 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 10 | Dave , waltzing us along the undulating peat based roads of Mull , said he was giving us wave action practice before embarkation at Ulva Ferry . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’ |
| 12 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |
| 13 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 14 | I asked the doctor about Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb , and soon the doctor was telling us about the civil war and the accounts given of it by Bernier and Manucci . |
| 15 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
| 16 | Now sad to say all the little businesses have gone , leaving us with the beautiful church and small post office . |
| 17 | Cos Nick , I remember Nick phoning us up the other day actually . |
| 18 | Using us as the middle bit , it does n't matter which airport they use ? |
| 19 | The popularity of the Polonaise in D has always outshone that of its A major companion , and Ricci includes both , reminding us of the splendid verve and zest of these overtly nationalistic works . |
| 20 | Was he the enemy who had been following us since the very beginning in London ? |