Example sentences of "have [vb pp] us [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern psychoanalysis has taught us a great deal about the ‘ splitting ’ and division that takes place within our own personality . |
| 2 | Martin O'Neill , Wycombe 's manager , said : ‘ The result has given us a real chance of the championship as long as we can keep the momentum going . ’ |
| 3 | and if I did n't say it strong enough , as Angela 's done , it has given us a real basis to work on Don and it is appreciated . |
| 4 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 5 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 6 | Our expertise in Engineering Contracting and Design has given us a strong position in long term partnering contracts . |
| 7 | ‘ Our expertise and innovative approach to engineering contracting has given us a strong position in long term partnering contracts . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ All sorts of people have helped : The Rural Development Commission has lent us £10,000 to top up what we raised ; all the retired , trainee and working accountants , lawyers , journalists and businessmen in the village have put in hours of voluntary work , and our grocery wholesaler Pharaoh Quirke has given us a new fascia board . ’ |
| 9 | The introduction in January ninety three of six European directives has given us a unique opportunity to raise the profile of the G M B both in places where we have membership and elsewhere , when the message gets across how the G M B reps are so well trained and able to represent members on all health and safety issues . |
| 10 | ‘ The conduct of the workers is deplorable , ’ wrote a French mining manager in 1869 , in the process of ferociously repressing the sort of strike of which Zola 's Germinal has given us a vivid picture , ‘ but one must recognise that they have been merely the savage instruments of agitators ’ . |
| 11 | Unlike our other two children , our daughter Alicia has given us a few problems with her nightly stirrings . |
| 12 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 13 | TELEVISION has given us the dramatised documentary Last week The Sunday Telegraph , in its report ‘ Cambridge blues as Oxford bags title ’ , gave us the dramatised book review . |
| 14 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 15 | At least night flying has earned us an extra hour in bed . |
| 16 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 17 | He has angered us a few times , Sheridan , Vinny , Eric , Batty all gone but we 're still up there , second in the league . |
| 18 | The new season has brought us a new county and a few new rules to keep us on our guard . |
| 19 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 20 | ‘ Someone has left us a private house in Colchester in their will and we 've decided to use it as a training house . |
| 21 | Elaine Cooper has sent us a double dose of news this month |
| 22 | Heading up Wood Group engineering 's activities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is Bill Reid who has sent us the following report : . |
| 23 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They were always totally supportive of the company and the publicity from the Embassy could not have given us a better boost or image . ’ |
| 25 | He 'd probably have given us a proper meal and , and — ‘ |
| 26 | And erm if they could have given us a proper explanation why they 'd gone back and prove us wrong them fair enough . |
| 27 | The many hours we have spent playing , seeing , hearing whilst making these films have taught us a great deal . |
| 28 | ‘ If I did not believe that , I would have advised our club president , James King , to go to a venue that would have made us a comparative fortune . ’ |
| 29 | They could have followed us the four hours to Dieppe in the hope of picking up trade on the way back ; but that makes for a ten-hour day . |
| 30 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |