Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 2 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 3 | I want us to be together in the next life . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Because I want us to be friends . |
| 5 | ‘ I want us to be friends . ’ |
| 6 | ’ I want us to be positive , even though Chelsea deserve respect because of the very impressive run they 've had . |
| 7 | I want us to be friends . ’ |
| 8 | You love England , you above all want us to be successful . |
| 9 | ‘ But I want us to be clear about what we 're doing . |
| 10 | You mean you want us to be kind to them . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , Scott , we do n't want to be here any more than you want us to be here , ’ Gregson told him . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's what they want us to be . |
| 13 | I only want us to be together , always . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Whatever Scotland 's team , I want us to be creative enough to make the Maltese worry without being in any way self conscious about problems that are in the past , ’ concluded the national coach . |
| 15 | I want us to be where we belong , at the very heart of Europe . |
| 16 | It behoves us to be sceptical , then , about Victorian genealogical status symbols ; frequently there is an inverse proportion between the degree of pomp and the humble nature of the ancestry . |
| 17 | He wants us to be with Him , so that He can show us His Love . |
| 18 | As the recriminations between the brothers become more explosive , and the wounds of jealousy reopen , I 've a horrible suspicion that Harwood wants us to be genuinely moved , but after all the superficial comedy , his attempt to lend the play emotional depth arouses embarrassment rather than pity . |
| 19 | With all Scotland quiet as a flat calm under his hand , he wants us to be quiet too , and let be the Mackinnons and the Maclaines of Lochbuie for a year or three . ’ |
| 20 | But you know if you wanted to talk about sanctification , as a for instance , that 's growing in grace and holiness , becoming more the person that God wants us to be . |
| 21 | ‘ Father is afraid I 'll die soon , you see , so he wants us to be married tomorrow morning . |
| 22 | He was joyful , because that is the way God wanted him to be , and because that is the way that God wants us to be . |
| 23 | It is God as Spirit who brings us the intimate presence of God to us , enabling us to be friends of God . |
| 24 | Wearing a black , gold-embroidered silk cloak over a finely woven shamma , he came across the room to greet us , shook hands and with a smile and a gesture invited us to be seated . |
| 25 | Men expect us to be at their disposal sexually and emotionally . |
| 26 | I make the observation that given the Opposition 's effort to determine the Government 's view two or three years from now , I can only conclude that Opposition Members expect us to be in government after the next general election . |
| 27 | You can not tease us with a smidge of inside info on Jon , and not expect us to be hanging on every word . |
| 28 | We the local authority , I think people of Wiltshire expect us to be the lead agency in promoting sustainability and environmental , highlighting environmental issues , throughout the county . |
| 29 | Most of these are n't signed , but if we look at them early and register our interest in the act , we hope the band will consider us to be their agent when they have a record deal . |
| 30 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |