Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than being a fair reflection of those behaviours objectively causing us collectively the most avoidable suffering , criminal law categories are artful , creative constructs designed to criminalize only some victimizing behaviours , usually those more frequently committed by the relatively powerless , and to exclude others , usually those frequently committed by the powerful against subordinates . |
| 2 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 3 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 4 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 5 | He 's showing us where the first confronta-tion occurred . |
| 6 | And that brings us to the end of another fun half hour — tomorrow Katie Wood will be showing us how the other half relax when she mixes with the toffs on a country house weekend near John O'Groats . |
| 7 | we 're asking for public help in telling us where the travellers are gathering , especially on common or open landThe familiar police tactic is to try and keep the travellers in small groups by continually moving them away from the others . |
| 8 | This , no doubt , was what enabled Lewis , in telling the story of his life , to separate the departments of his life , telling us only the ‘ spiritual ’ story and leaving that part of himself which Newman would have called ‘ the concrete man ’ hidden in shadows . |
| 9 | Derek was telling us only the last time he was home all about his Mate up there on the Rigs . |
| 10 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 11 | So after ten years of telling us how the future belongs to Thatcher , he will spend the next five telling us how successful Major will be in creating a classless society . |