Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] we [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EC commissioner Frans Andriessen , the EC 's chief negotiator , has said he has no immediate plans to meet US negotiators but developments could come today after a meeting of EC foreign ministers in Brussels . |
| 2 | So in this area , the attempt to impose US guidelines on competition were reversed . |
| 3 | We need words to keep us human . |
| 4 | DRUG prices were criticised as ‘ shocking ’ yesterday by the US president , Bill Clinton , as he launched a $300 million programme to get US children immunised . |
| 5 | He might have spotted something slightly different in my attitude last summer because the timing of the ICC decision to reprieve us rebels virtually coincided with Tuffers ' return to the Middlesex side after recovering from his stomach operation . |
| 6 | Professional converters , as used by broadcasters to screen US tapes in Europe , give better quality . |
| 7 | ‘ I can remember going down the Speakeasy with The Clash to look for models to give us cocaine and blow jobs . |
| 8 | The temporary success of Greenpeace in preventing the dumping of noxious wastes in the North Sea by actually boarding the dumping vessel is an object lesson to those still locked in the non-violent action syndrome , like those in the campaign to close US bases in Australia and the anti-uranium movement . |
| 9 | The Washington-based Public Citizen group alleged that GATT 's intention of lowering what it referred to as " technical barriers to trade " could allow foreign governments to flout US laws on environmental standards . |
| 10 | Castro subsequently admitted that he had been opposed to the removal of the missiles , and his adamant refusal to allow US inspections to be carried out on Cuban territory ( despite Soviet pressure ) testifies to the anger and resentment that he felt over the fact that matters which vitally affected Cuban sovereignty were settled without his knowledge or consent . |
| 11 | The old man instructed his grandson to bring us cushions . |
| 12 | ‘ It is easier for the institutions to give us records of all accounts rather than trying to strip out just those accounts which paid above a certain level of interest . |
| 13 | ‘ There just were n't the windshifts to give us leverage , ’ Conner admitted . |
| 14 | They have , throughout their exiles , sent us money and resources to help us fuel our movement . |
| 15 | There used to be a chap told off every day to fetch us beer in two nine-quart cans . |
| 16 | They have wheeled out Miss Piggy and Co in the studio limo to give us Dickens 's Christmas Carol starring a suitably dyspepsic Michael Caine as the dreaded Scrooge . |
| 17 | I will go even further while I am in an expansive mood and say that we often look at what happens north of the border to give us inspiration and we then follow . |
| 18 | Separate allegations against Gates — suggesting that he might be implicated in illegal efforts to supply US arms and technology to Iraq via third countries such as South Africa and Chile — were also believed to have been made to congressional investigators and federal law enforcement officials . |
| 19 | For all the Chancellor 's efforts to tell us things will come right in time , it will take real , hard evidence that the deficit is coming down to protect Mr Lawson from the bitter mercies of the markets . |
| 20 | My mother instructed her deferential staff to serve us tea on the croquet lawn . |
| 21 | Of course today there are no real guns — only a radio ground station playing the role to give us practice in procedures . |
| 22 | Ask God to show us ways in which we , as a church , may be more effective witnesses of the Gospel in Glasgow and beyond . |
| 23 | However , the USA relaxed its sanctions against Libya in late March to allow US technicians to travel to Libya to combat rampant screwworm infestation which was threatening the region 's cattle . |
| 24 | MITAC TO MERGE US UNITS |
| 25 | It has also enabled the health professionals to give us feedback on the screening from their perspective . |
| 26 | Look at us now , on this wild heathland with only the grass and the sky to keep us company . |
| 27 | It is very rare for a farmer to allow us access to his fields once he has seeded them . |
| 28 | We shall expect the Spirit to bring us assurance that we are indeed the sons of God , and conversely we shall be careful not to deny that any Christian people , any sons of the heavenly Father , possess the Spirit of adoption . |
| 29 | The most excellent and beaky anti-sex-symbol Bob Peck won one , for his spell-binding performance as Northern ‘ tec Ronald Craven , and American Joe Don Baker was fab as Agent Jedburgh — interestingly , he was paid more than any of the British actors , grafted on to the show to appease US backers . |
| 30 | As we are small in numbers we can find it as we go , for maximum flexibility , but I will book us into a lodge for 2 nights on arrival to give us chance to find our feet again . |