Example sentences of "[v-ing] us to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably if the different defences had been split between several Hic Mulier figures the problem ( for us ) would disappear — again alerting us to certain , not necessarily appropriate , interpretative assumptions . |
| 2 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 3 | Moreover , it allows us to talk more confidently of a psychic and cognitive unity of humanity without limiting us to absolute categories . |
| 4 | But why does this event persist in subjecting us to long rows of tap dancers , a breed of people whose only function in life is to display the disgusting effects of sweat and sequins under neon ? |
| 5 | ‘ People are always comparing us to Bogshed ’ , slurs Carl in the band van after the third encore and the obligatory dressing room conversation with two fully grown men with Baldrick haircuts , plastic carrier bags , tatty combat jackets , thick lensed NHS glasses and lots and lots of badges . |
| 6 | Summarize those needs cos there may be more than one and tell him what you 're gon na do , what is the plan of attack , when you 're gon na see the guy again and when we do our business building up , you can take it back to erm the benefits of him introducing us to other people by keeping policy charges down and increasing bonuses whenever possible , cos it 's in his benefit he introduces us to others so we do n't have to advertise , or very very rarely advertise . |
| 7 | And God 's word is used in bringing us to new birth , in bringing us , er to faith in Jesus Christ . |