Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does n't suit us at all . |
| 2 | That does n't suit us at all . |
| 3 | So many of us keep so many medicines on our shelves for donkeys years in the hope that we might find a pill that will suit us at some time . |
| 4 | It struck me as extraordinary that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) should attack us on that point . |
| 5 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |
| 6 | He can introduce us to some American girls and boys who spoke up about what they noticed and liked . |
| 7 | A re-evaluation of our current and potential interests in the area would help re-balance our contributions in geographical terms , and it just might introduce us to some useful new artistic interests and commercial concerns . |
| 8 | It strips us of all the illusions and idolatry of the world , to face our basic personal need . |
| 9 | The voyage of the good ship ‘ Ceilidh ’ in September provided us with many lessons in seamanship and Christian living . |
| 10 | The decision we made was careful , it involved us in much work , and it was , in the event , I think , a seriously mistaken decision . |
| 11 | He will then bill us for half the cost as agreed . |
| 12 | ‘ Around 80 Subject Assessors visited us during that fortnight , and every module was looked at . |
| 13 | It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on . |
| 14 | We can not answer that question with certainty , but the details of the story itself would seem to provide us with several clues . |
| 15 | We hope that you will continue to provide us with this vital information as we embark together on the second piloting year . |
| 16 | Not only were the British Consul staff unable to answer questions about the search and weather conditions , but they were also reluctant to provide us with any basic help . |
| 17 | As the great British biologist/mathematician J.B.S. Haldane commented , human beings would be hard pressed , however long natural selection acted upon them , to sprout the wings of an angel ; we just do not have the genes that would even begin to provide the appropriate structures , and past selection has never acted to provide us with these structures . |
| 18 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 19 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 20 | So what we actually are possibly seeing is ourselves coming out of the trough so therefore part of it 's a training curve , but we do need to see that training curve start to come down and get back on to a level but we do n't know where the level is , that 's what worries us at this stage . |
| 21 | The Service Consultancy initiative is a major benefit to clients in this area and I have already received many letters from customers , advised by the circular in their invoicing , thanking us for this additional feature . |
| 22 | Worse , nothing in the data itself would alert us to this fact . |
| 23 | It can also free us from many mistaken myths about Darwin himself . |
| 24 | Widening our concept of special educational provision to include the ‘ whole curriculum ’ approach will free us from such limitations . |
| 25 | Irrespective of their original function , these historical documents now provide us with many fascinating insights into the way we were . |
| 26 | However , whilst the image of the ‘ head and tail ’ coin is pertinent to our understanding of the rituals , the rabbis ' words provide us with little more than an appreciation of how Jewish society ( or a part thereof ) at the time perceived and explained the religious state of affairs . |
| 27 | Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters . |
| 28 | The apes provide us with much information concerning possible roots of sociable behaviour in man . |
| 29 | The oceans provide us with much more than pleasure for the diver and beautiful photographs for the photographer ; they also give us invaluable knowledge . |
| 30 | This is the case for the English king 's financial archives which provide us with much information on the sums collected , how they were spent , and the organisation which lay behind that expenditure . |