Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] us in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 2 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 3 | The public invisibility and the self-policing that are so central to lesbian and gay oppression place us in quite a different position , socially and economically , from each of these other groups . |
| 4 | What I am saying here now is not hearsay , this is what David telled us in his Bible meetings . |
| 5 | Then again , we 've had Echo & The Bunnymen supporting us in front of 3,000 Seig Heil-ing loonies throwing bottles and chairs at them . |
| 6 | Just as Elisha could answer the widow 's need because he had been in touch with his Lord , so the Holy Spirit is God 's agent to keep us in touch with Him , and to make us pure . |
| 7 | It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates . |
| 8 | Spurs coach Doug Livermore said : ‘ Andy 's young but in every pre-season game , he was so good , his performances hit us in the eye . ’ |
| 9 | The Data System is just part of a massive development programme to keep us in front and to offer our clients the best licensed taxi service there is . |
| 10 | " Did n't you and David interrupt us in the study on my birthday ? |
| 11 | The wholesalers via their star ratings help us in our stock selections , and by provision of p.o.s. help us sell the books purchased . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We shall deal separately later with public service job losses , as a continuing feature of the 1980s , but the data justify us in paying prime attention to manufacturing . |
| 14 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 15 | We must have looked an odd bunch to any passing motorist catching us in his headlights . |
| 16 | The firm 's management approached us in the summer of 1980 , asking if we could find out ‘ what had happened ’ to their former employees , and agreed to provide the names and addresses of those who had lost their jobs . |
| 17 | When the blessed saint visited us in the church there , as before in vision , she came with showers of may-blossom . |
| 18 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 19 | A clinging-to-the-van-sides return joined us in one jostling clamorous mob as we disgorged onto the platform , at which point the jaundiced guard spoke his first and only words . |
| 20 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
| 21 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 22 | What is n't is A Winter Tan 's capacity to move us in another way , in particular with a riveting and lacerating piece of acting that underlines and illustrates its argument . |
| 23 | I want to take the initiative a step further , which is why I am now appealing for other British companies to join us in providing this help for our troops . |
| 24 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 25 | ‘ The law leaves us in a very curious condition , ’ former consultant Alan Dixon told the Cox case jury . |
| 26 | The second point involves us in a difficulty . |
| 27 | Problems with our clearances across Burma delayed us in Bangladesh , the scene of the most dangerous part of the whole trip — a wild taxi ride to the airport . |
| 28 | We know there are no magic charms to aid us in our troubles — only our reason and our will . |
| 29 | Language may not only be ill-adapted to communication ( as Professor Chomsky shows us in chapter 3 ) , it 's also in principle , and quite often in practice , unnecessary . |
| 30 | Skip shows us in the book how his aspirations for the boat decrease and how newcomers to the boat had to get used to the crew 's relaxed attitude . |