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

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1 Analysis of the returns leads us to the following conclusions :
2 And my comment would be that the spirit guides us in our understanding of the bible , needs to be augmented by the words and in our daily lives before the words renews us in the sacraments and calls us to serve God in the world .
3 The Jews provide us with the single most illuminating incident of the episcopate of Avitus .
4 Nathan and I are quite alone , many miles from civilization and , apparently , lost , the wind having blown snow across the tracks ahead suggests that we just let the dogs lead us towards the others , a well-reasoned idea that works perfectly .
5 What you have seen today may well be the best lesson you will ever learn of the difficulties facing us in the outside world .
6 We were well aware of the problems facing us in the future , and the pressing need was for more and more information about the operations of the big smuggling syndicates .
7 The strings provide us with the most expressive and appealing medium ( with perhaps the exception of the human voice ) that exists in the whole range of music .
8 At least the days of Friday night being the night the neighbours report us to the NSPCC for malicious blinding of offspring with intent are over .
9 After two or three days of exploring Stanley and its environs it was time to go to ‘ camp ’ ( from a Spanish word ‘ campos ’ meaning countryside ) and our tour of the islands took us to the three or four places equipped to deal with small parties of visitors .
10 " The ceremonies taught us by the Chinese emperors ceased to be celebrated fourteen years ago in China itself when the revolution of Sun Yat-sen put an end to the Manchu dynasty .
11 And Taylor said : ‘ At last , our young players now have the facilities to put us at the top of the world game . ’
12 The drums lead us through the warren of narrow alleys to a courtyard whose entrance is blocked by a knot of people .
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