Example sentences of "[to-vb] us [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our new landlady made it clear that she was delighted to accept us in preference to yet more evacuee children . |
| 2 | We left the trees and walked now between high stands of phragmites and reedmace , pausing at a reed screen positioned to hide us from sight . |
| 3 | Despite fourteen years of trying to smash us into submission , they 'll fail to break the spirit of the working people of Britain . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Our billetors were obliged to provide us with breakfast , which might be taken about 7.30 ( or 10.30 if we had been on night duty ) , and one other meal which had also to be a moveable feast . |
| 6 | Without perceptual systems to provide us with knowledge of the outside world we are impotent . |
| 7 | For your part , we very mich hope that piloting centres will use all available channels to provide us with feedback — whether this is at a seminar or centre visit , via the piloting questionnaire , or through informal contacts with the piloting team at SCOTVEC . |
| 8 | To accuse us of thinking we are the only ones interested in peace is to reiterate mindlessly a routine anti-CND slogan . |
| 9 | He finally agreed to meet us for lunch at the Mayflower Hotel , but nothing happened between them . |
| 10 | So they 'll send to Castle Tioram for men to meet us at dawn . |
| 11 | Those with special techniques or a particular knowledge of equipment , tools , materials , etc. , are also invited to inform us for inclusion on our list of contributors/demonstrators . |
| 12 | Basil used to tease us about movement and chuckle at our claims for its fundamental importance in the education of young children . |
| 13 | Our dominant motivations are those of rational self-interest and they tend to lead us into crime because crime , however defined , involves self-restraint . |
| 14 | We allow 7 days from confirmation of the booking for monies to reach us by post . |
| 15 | ‘ We could n't find anyone to bond us in time , ’ says Mrs Burrows . |
| 16 | I remember because in nineteen thirty eight , er we were scheduled to have an opening in about the September and we got a team coming down to play us at football and we were going to have a social evening , darts and that , at , in the evening and of course at that particular time , the war was a definite threat . |
| 17 | Sunday : Betty came into our room to fetch us to Mama who was dying . |
| 18 | In the old days , there used to be crazes , Adam and the Ants , Gary Numan , absurd figures who nonetheless possessed a certain mesmeric force , managed to induct us into ludicrousness , like the Pied Piper . |
| 19 | He scored a useful goal for us on his first full appearance to help us to victory at Grimsby the following month . |
| 20 | It seems they are n't as strict as British ones and people here are worried the rules governing transport of livestock may be relaxed to put us in line with Europe . |
| 21 | One article in the June–July 1984 edition equates God with Brahman and Buddha , and it advertises ‘ Merlin ’ , the new magic to put us in touch with the new energy . |
| 22 | But when we talked directly with them , they refused to confirm this , they refused to put us in touch with the ship , they refused to confirm whether or not er the four activists who were walking to the test site had been apprehended , whether they 're safe , whether they 're being held separately , and so on . |
| 23 | What we need to know now is what the Brigadier here is going to give us for lunch . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When we indicated that we would like to clear him on the spot he was very reluctant to let us on board saying that the boat was " in a hell of a mess " ! |
| 26 | Airline officials agreed to let us on board and we climbed the gangway into the plane . |
| 27 | Then Aunt Bedelia made some cocoa and managed to draw us into conversation . |
| 28 | I was also dismayed we allowed young Simon Houston , an exciting talented goalkeeper , to leave us for Distillery . |
| 29 | If we 're asking for somebody to persuade the giant to leave us in peace , ask those whose hands are highest : " What qualities are going to be needed here ? |
| 30 | How can we persuade the Giant to leave us in peace ? |