Example sentences of "[to-vb] us in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 2 | It is quite usual to find large joints of roast beef and pork for slicing on the delicatessen counter , but two of the more interesting meats to reach us in recent years have been smoked turkey and pastrami . |
| 3 | ‘ Why are you trying to split us in two ? |
| 4 | Nearly all of these are modern chemicals we have thoughtlessly introduced into our cats ' environment to help us in various ways . |
| 5 | And to help us in these explorations we have as a guide Dr. Low Thomson . |
| 6 | Trees return once more to help us in this endeavour . |
| 7 | We will also provide pastoral support to help those already in mission to function more effectively and we hope to do some more pastoral training to help us in this area of work . |
| 8 | She wrote a letter to her , asking her to help us in any way she could . |
| 9 | Better performance in 1993 must be everybody 's objective and despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that surrounds us there has been plenty happening in our Division in 1992 to put us in good shape for the challenge of 1993 . |
| 10 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 11 | The theme of this EP , if the sleeve is owt to go by , is that aliens are going to put us in big test tubes full of pink bubbles . |
| 12 | Reform was ‘ a flash of lightning illuminating us for one moment only , to leave us in greater darkness ’ . |
| 13 | It is often part of an author 's technique to leave us in some doubt as to what precisely is going on in the fictional world , as Katherine Mansfield does here . |
| 14 | This is when we started forming consumer groups and demanding watchdogs to protect us in this shopping jungle . |
| 15 | And the immune system normally functions to protect us in this way , and is regulated in such a manner that it does not attack bits of oneself , but only legitimate foreign targets , and thereby is our ally . |
| 16 | One delegate commented : ‘ It could be used as a trick to keep us in residential care . ’ |
| 17 | Paying by direct debit is one way to assist us in that aim . |
| 18 | Is the purpose of a single European currency and the central bank to assist us in improving living standards by providing a level playing field or are they steps towards some kind of federal Europe ? |
| 19 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 20 | After start-up funds from the Gulbenkian to employ our data-base operator , we have now received some funds from the Baring Foundation to assist us in this major task . |
| 21 | A further problem was that it would be difficult for rescue services to locate us in these weather conditions . |
| 22 | And then again if agonisings about modern are seem to take us in one direction , the banning of books as reminded us , takes us in quite another , and we have to remember that for all practical purposes it was indeed a banned book for nearly fifteen years , from the Twenties into the Thirties . |
| 23 | ‘ We are urging licensees to join us in encouraging sensible drinking because it in their own interests . ’ |
| 24 | No , but we can make an effort , can we not , to persuade our European colleagues to join us in that . |
| 25 | I have discussed it with Dorothy Tomkin I think we have a genuine desire to move to a more authority-based planning system , erm , we have n't got the methods of doing that yet , and I turn to C B S and to local authority and to the traditional carers for them to join us in that . |
| 26 | We invite all other CSCE member states to join us in this commitment to non-aggression . " |
| 27 | If they want to join us in this enterprise , so much the better . |
| 28 | If you care to join us in this venture please send your contribution ( in round pounds please ) to Stella Webb , 14 Conyerd Road , Borough Green Kent within two weeks of receiving these notes . |
| 29 | What is n't is A Winter Tan 's capacity to move us in another way , in particular with a riveting and lacerating piece of acting that underlines and illustrates its argument . |
| 30 | Gateshead is now my favourite stadium ; the crowd is highly knowledgeable and turns out to support us in all weathers . |