Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] us of " in BNC.

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1 Many things are told to the reader throughout the novel through conversation or through reading something such as the reading of the tombstone which tells us of the death of Pip 's parents .
2 Most of us are labouring under beliefs which limit our potential , or create personal trauma and suffering , or which deprive us of the magic and joy of being alive .
3 Maybe part of the daisy 's popularity lies in its shape , a yellow disk fringed with white petals ( correctly ray-florets ) , a simple arrangement which reminds us of the sun .
4 Much later in the books of Samuel we find another story concerning the ark which reminds us of the battle with the Philistines .
5 They often already occupied formal roles in the area — doctors , priests , postmistresses or teachers , which reminds us of the ways in which informal and formal roles and structures interact .
6 None of this excuses their behaviour , of course , but this is an unusually human account of an all-too-human encounter in the streets which reminds us of a certain constancy of human motive , and of conflicts built around the human meanings that are attached to the social realities of class , physical appearance and territory .
7 Alison 's favours break down the boundaries of class ; any man who can lay her in his bed is like a lord , as Absolon says as he anticipates her kiss : Kolve 's interpretation of potentially religious images within the tale is fine as far as it goes , and can justly be quoted against the allegorizers , but there is at least one aspect of the tale that refers irreducibly to a moral frame within which the tale is set : recurrent swearing of oaths by " " Seint Thomas of Kent " " , which reminds us of the framing narrative with its realistic and morally symbolic journey towards Becket 's shrine in Canterbury and the judgement of the tale-telling game just as much as John 's calling upon St Frideswide locates the tale effectively within Oxford .
8 One of the officers spoke English with a delightful Russian accent which reminded us of Mischa Auer 's motion picture roles .
9 Confucius , which remind us of our daily obligations towards our parents , our ancestors , our emperor and all those set in authority over us , " he said , speaking in a firm voice that carried clearly to his children 's ears .
10 We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England .
11 It is , then , custom which persuades us of it ; it is custom that makes so many men Christians ; custom that makes them Turks , heathens , artisans , soldiers etc .
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