Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy was a tower of strength in Palace 's two years in the 1st Division , 1979–81 , missing only five of our 84 games there , and then his sturdy and dependable displays helped to keep us from further embarrassment after we had returned to Division Two , so that every Palace fan was sorry to see Billy opt to leave us for Portsmouth in the 1984 close season . |
| 2 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 3 | Labour is said to be in terminal decline because we have failed to identify , let alone appeal to , a natural constituency we might expect to provide us with majority support . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she answered lightly , and turning to Leith , ‘ I 'm afraid Travis does n't always surface to join us for breakfast on Sunday morning . ’ |
| 5 | Comforts and consolations may appear to wean us from the gifts to the Giver . |
| 6 | Everyone 'll want to favour us with a well-wishing . |
| 7 | ‘ Well now , Inspector , would you like to put us in the picture ? ’ |
| 8 | If you feel that you , or any group that you are associated with , could avail of our facilities , please do not hesitate to contact us at 0762 342669 or write to us at Craigavon Sprite Watersports Centre |
| 9 | The full calendar will be confirmed in November 1991 , please do not hesitate to contact us on 0920 463900 for further information . |
| 10 | In the event of you wishing to let your property please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone for further details of our services , at any of the undermentioned offices : |
| 11 | ‘ Would you like to join us on a walk ? ’ they asked . |
| 12 | She 's a partner in a firm of solicitors in the High Street — well , she thought you might like to join us for a family Christmas dinner . |
| 13 | I have so far had 4 people interested in travelling from the UK , and another 3 who would like to join us for part of the time in NZ . |
| 14 | ‘ How would you like to join us for a while ? |
| 15 | Caroline and your visitor , would you like to join us at the table , if you want to join in . |
| 16 | However , he already knew Joy and Alan , and the kettle was boiling , so I asked him to sit down , and would he like to join us in a coffin ? |
| 17 | Ms Alexander said : ‘ We would welcome with open arms anyone who would like to join us in our important fund raising work . ’ |
| 18 | Gro group two , would you like to tell us about ? |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to tell us from the beginning , ’ said Montgomery softly . |
| 20 | He seeks to provide a substantive characterization of the concept of reality which will enable him to do two things : first , to show how certain rules and procedures are logically correct , how employment of them will suffice to guide us towards knowledge of reality ; secondly , to show how it can be rational for a self-controlled agent to seek to contribute to knowledge of reality . |
| 21 | Okay so do you want to run us through some of the things that we have n't really discussed in detail of what we 're gon na talk about in here today , specifically have we , I mean I thought something along the lines of er the nature and extent of sexual variations in English , or any other language you want . |
| 22 | Werner came to our rescue with the loan of a hundred dollars , which would have to see us through the three or four months it might take us to reach Aru . |
| 23 | ‘ They will try to shoot us in the light from the door . ’ |
| 24 | He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station . |
| 25 | Erm , and we 've had , I 'm afraid to give protective notice to six members of staff , it 's about er , discussions with the erm , Tech , are not successful , then they will have to leave us at the end of this programme year , which is the thirty-first of March . |
| 26 | And I am sure that Tilly and the staff would wish to join us in expressing their heartfelt relief . ’ |
| 27 | mam , mam I 've got twelve , I says well you do n't have to tell us in the middle , wait until you 've finished then , tell us how many you 've got . |
| 28 | Freddie did not manage to keep us in the Cup against the powerful Rangers outfit but , usually playing at centre-forward , he steadily repaid that fee several times over during the first five post-war seasons , for not only has his tally of 48 League goals only been exceeded by six players here at The Palace since then , but his goals were scored in struggling Palace teams , which only once finished in the upper half of the League table . |
| 29 | The names of Robert Graves , W.H. Auden , and Christopher Isherwood may serve to remind us of English writers who seem to have reached the same dismaying conclusion over the years since . |
| 30 | We can not answer that question with certainty , but the details of the story itself would seem to provide us with several clues . |