Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] us with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dress shop assistants grow supercilious , aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment . |
| 2 | Get the New Year off to a good start by writing or telephoning us with your latest d-i-y tip , adventure — or misadventure ! |
| 3 | Nor do we ask the poet to combine the roles of priest and sage , or to enlighten us with revelations , or teach us the morality on which we should base our lives . |
| 4 | Having for years either aped Hollywood or presented us with cheery Cockney families braving the Blitz , a whole slew of films came along ( A Taste Of Honey , Saturday Night And Sunday Morning , etc ) that simultaneously both oddly dissected and glorified the northern working class experience of the early '60s . |
| 5 | Another essential ingredient of our diet is fibre , the importance of which is to provide bulk to keep our gastro-intestinal tracts working satisfactorily and to provide nourishment for the beneficial bacteria which , in health , inhabit our large intestines and supply us with a not inconsiderable proportion of our daily vitamin requirements . |
| 6 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
| 7 | Henry smiled and dismissed us with a flick of his fingers . |
| 8 | He even realised that we might slide off him when he accelerated , and provided us with a vine , like a rope , to hang on to . |
| 9 | But they represent a great slice of gardening history ( no plants , no gardens ) and provide us with a rich , exciting and often colourful tapestry of adventure and discovery going back at least several hundred years . |
| 10 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 11 | In the flickering firelight Kalchu beseeched him , ‘ Lord , you are the one who , when we have nothing , feeds us with water and clothes us with the wind . |
| 12 | It was with such proclamations that the Cubists confirmed our lurch into the twentieth century and confronted us with the sometimes harsh realities that are alternative to the Renaissance view of mankind and certainly far removed from the elegances of Art Nouveau , Tiffany 's , the Moulin Rouge and the Paris Métro . |
| 13 | The Ixyphalians will tear our bowels out and hang us with them . |
| 14 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |
| 15 | Michael Buerk , who like Richard came from BBC local radio , had a spell with us and charmed us with that lovely voice of his . |
| 16 | Guide us Lord , to know when to speak and what to say , and fill us with your love that we may be able to act as the bringers of peace to those in desperate need of peace and reconciliation . |
| 17 | It symbolizes our social experience and locates us with social groups from which we draw our identities . |
| 18 | But the moment there 's that response in our heart towards him , there he is with arms open wide to receive us and to shower us with his blessing . |
| 19 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 20 | The other would allow the smart to inherit the Earth ( plus a legacy from their wealthy parents ) and console us with the exhortation to work harder if we want more , which goes down like a glass of sand in the unemployment deserts . |
| 21 | This is the Frasnian Stage and presents us with what is , perhaps , the most remarkable example of all . |
| 22 | You can not turn your back on this issue , and leave us with the responsibility ’ . ’ |
| 23 | As most of us have to work to earn a living , the short winter days limit our riding considerably and leave us with the choice of riding before or after work in the dark or only at weekends , unless you are lucky enough to have access to an indoor school . |
| 24 | If we cancel it now it will create a lot of bad feeling and leave us with egg on our faces . ’ |
| 25 | It 's not the fat cats we got ta take notice of , who steal the cream and leave us with the sil sour milk even . |
| 26 | Pat O'C Hegarty , Executive Committee nominee on the Pensioners ' Committee was a very welcome guest and presented us with the Association 's usual contribution of £900 for which we are most thankful . |
| 27 | You 'll be please to know our patient has decided to waken up and grace us with his company , at long last . ’ |
| 28 | Common usage has sifted these terms and left us with the most expressive . |
| 29 | now hopes to spend more time on his hobby of gardening and growing plants in his greenhouse , and left us with these final few words … |
| 30 | He closed with a sparkling Satin Doll , returned with Rollins 's exuberant St Thomas , and left us with the memory of a performance which fed the mind and sent the spirit soaring , while reminding us of how much he has had to overcome in finding his way to such radiant self-expression . |