Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 2 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
| 3 | Preferences bring us to Regan who is rightfully critical of the counter-intuitive implications of Frey 's blanket denials of beliefs , desires , perceptions , emotions , and so on to animals and is at great pains to stress their similarities of behaviour to that of human beings . |
| 4 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 5 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 6 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 7 | In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts . |
| 8 | Wishes provide us with motivation and strategy , for without the greed of a wish we would never get started . |
| 9 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 10 | Notice also how these skills provide us with a timeless wisdom , applicable to all people-situations anywhere . |
| 11 | James argued here that abstract rules provide us with only limited assistance in arriving at moral decisions because ‘ every real dilemma is in literal strictness a unique situation ’ . |
| 12 | The first two hours knock us into shape , however , as we battle with the boulder-strewn approach to Condoriri . |
| 13 | Flows of assistance between generations provide us with an important example where , in practice , support is often one way , and where apparently this is regarded as quite proper . |
| 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 | The language of the marketing echoes exactly that of any supermarket brand-name : ‘ our readers perceive us as a brand of books with a special flavour and image ’ . |
| 16 | The Jews provide us with the single most illuminating incident of the episcopate of Avitus . |
| 17 | WE asked five city fashion shops to provide us with clothes which they considered epitomised Merseyside style : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For your part , we very mich hope that piloting centres will use all available channels to provide us with feedback — whether this is at a seminar or centre visit , via the piloting questionnaire , or through informal contacts with the piloting team at SCOTVEC . |
| 20 | Note We will make payments as stated above provided ( a ) the injured clients notify us of any claim for personal injury within 3 months of their return from holiday ; ( b ) they assign to Horizon Holidays Ltd. any rights against a supplier or any other person or party they may have relating to the claim ; and ( c ) they agree to co-operate fully with us should we or our insurers wish to enforce those rights which have been assigned to us or to which we are subrogated . |
| 21 | This year we are asking a selected sample of readers to help us with this process . |
| 22 | Jesus ' sufferings draw us into the love of God and show us how much he loved us . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Various speakers congratulated us on the marvellous work we had done over the past few months . |
| 25 | The usual procedure in this sort of situation is to act like prisoners and let the guards take us to their leader . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | After lunch two mini-buses took us to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra and the Dublin deaf were overcome by the beauty of our countryside . |
| 28 | One of our walks took us to the top of a huge escarpment at a place called Losiolo , or World 's View . |
| 29 | What do these syndromes tell us about the language-processing system as it exists in intact brains ? |
| 30 | Our nervous Iraqi guards kept us inside the small bungalow that was ‘ home ’ for the 12 of us . |