Example sentences of "[verb] us [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he is familiar , and he could win us a gold medal in that symbol of absolutism , the 100 metres sprint ( he could , theoretically , win us one in the 200 metres , but that is far less likely , far less mythopoeic ) . |
| 2 | I know we 've got a lever now , yeah , we 're gon na get rid of this in other words , Steve 's gon na give us something for it . |
| 3 | ‘ They will give us nothing without a problem on Saturday and every mistake we make will be punished more quickly and more heavily than any Five Nations opponents would manage . ’ |
| 4 | That 'll give us plenty of time to talk . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , Watson , ’ Holmes said to me , ‘ I 'm afraid that a doctor from Devonshire wo n't bring us anything of real interest . |
| 6 | However , this time director Chris Columbus show us everything from Macaulay 's perspective . |
| 7 | A mad spurt of extreme physical activity for two weeks a year will do us nothing but harm . |
| 8 | Look , I know you do n't want to talk about it , but I think this spell of being apart will do us lots of good . |
| 9 | Written language can not literally show us anything except writing . |
| 10 | Speech can not show us anything except speech . |
| 11 | It 's high time the label told us something of the state of a pot plant 's native habitat , as well as which windowsill to grow it on . |
| 12 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 13 | In Cicourel 's ( 1968 ) analysis it seemed that the data presented a different kind of reality altogether : they only reflected the meanings , moral categories and stereotypes of those who collect and interpret the data ; they told us nothing about criminals themselves ( though in the Preface to the second edition Cicourel ( 1976 ) seemed to retreat from this more radical position ) . |
| 14 | The different types of tenure marked out the leading characteristics of the different forms of land holding known to the law ; but they told us nothing of the nature and incidents of the various interests which those who held by these tenures might have in the land . |
| 15 | He said to us that you know that is dick was so hard and he told us everything of what he did to her , he push his dick inside of her and he said he was very very rough with her and she was crying and crying and crying . |
| 16 | No she never told us anything about anything . |
| 17 | In so far as the flat told us anything at all , it told two conflicting stories . |
| 18 | I hate to disappoint anyone but that was n't the case — although the veiled hints caused us plenty of amusement . |
| 19 | They caused us plenty of problems . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold . |
| 21 | There we were met by a Ministry official and an interpreter , who showed us something of the city and were very pleasant and chatty . |
| 22 | Although this table ignores backness , roundness and other phonetic categories , it also shows us something of interest . |
| 23 | So we might modify our question , and ask whether the study of cave life has told us anything at all about the great questions of evolution and ecology . |
| 24 | Give us one over give us one over one of your things . |
| 25 | Give us one over give us one over one of your things . |
| 26 | However , if the department or faculty you are interested in is not listed , or it is impossible for you to come on the given dates , then we will do our best to arrange an individual visit for you provided you give us plenty of advance notice . |
| 27 | Paddy got into his tent and said , ‘ I thought they 'd have offered us something for it . ’ |
| 28 | cost them anything except for postage and and wo n't therefore cost us anything but postage ? |
| 29 | But to give us something along these lines . |
| 30 | Every time they collect our cows , they promise to give us something in return , but the next time ask for more cows . |