Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have , however , received considerable support and encouragement from Michael Fallon , who visits us regularly and takes up issues on our behalf with Government Ministers , seemingly with considerable success following the recent announcement with regard to European Grant Aid . |
| 2 | It 's a difficult situation but the fact is Mr Cox owes us more than £12,000 . ’ |
| 3 | It is a dimension which meets us everywhere if we will let it , or which will elude us everywhere if we will not . |
| 4 | These may be very useful in certain domains , but they have little to do with that actual flowing movement of life which concerns us deeply and intimately . |
| 5 | A glance at the shelf containing his long list of books shows us immediately that the bulk of his work was completed when Minto was in her dotage or after she died . |
| 6 | Each step leads us upward and forward , each providing further transformation of our lives before God and before ourselves in the light of God . |
| 7 | Since it costs us directly if things go wrong , we have strong incentives to prevent mistakes , or correct them very quickly , whoever causes them . |
| 8 | Sees us clearly and reckons he 'll come to a stop more or less alongside . |
| 9 | Realizing the importance of schemas and scripts is the first step , but that in itself gets us nowhere unless we push on to consider how a manager can discover what schemas actually exist and , if they are inappropriate , how to change them . |
| 10 | This not only opens up what is going on , but takes us forward as well . |
| 11 | Having a relaxing hobby or interest , which takes us physically and mentally away from work can be an invaluable insulator against a build-up of stress . |
| 12 | Hope this keeps us straight and up to date . |
| 13 | After rehearsals , Sir calls us together And each group performs their play , But just as it comes to our turn The bell goes for the end of the day . |
| 14 | But my arms round you , your arms holding me , and the shivering stops and welds us still and close and still closer . |
| 15 | The Minister tells us tonight that everything is hunky-dunky and everyone gets the money to which they are entitled . |
| 16 | It would take an incredible wind to do that , we do our best to keep it right and if anyone tells us immediately when such a thing happens we will try to put it right |
| 17 | One particularly searching way of appraising informal interviews is to ask ourselves how much we accept what the interviewer tells us simply because it fits in with our own preconceptions or biases . |
| 18 | Despite the appearance given by the EEG of probing the machinery of the brain , electroencephalography is a relatively gross technique which tells us only that a population of neural units is active rather than quiescent . |
| 19 | Thus , the ‘ equation ’ is really an identity which must always be true : it tells us only that the total amount of money handed over in transactions is equal to the value of what is sold . |
| 20 | ‘ We are in total agreement and if Cool Ground pleases us enormously and the ground is bottomless he is likely to run , ’ said trainer Toby Balding . |
| 21 | The thing I do n't like about this amendment is it actually moves us nowhere and we can not after what we 've seen over the summer , move nowhere . |
| 22 | The Foreign Ministry informs us now that , since your parents were both born Soviet citizens , under Soviet law you are a Soviet citizen also . |
| 23 | Very often , we 'd link that blessing with material things , the physical things , the healing , the prosperity you know God 's blesses us just because I 'm sick , he heals me . |
| 24 | Quality service is what sets us aside and under-pins the company 's place among the FTSE top 100 British companies , the second best company in Europe in a Financial Times survey , the eleventh most admired company in the UK according to the Economist , and now first place in the Business Enterprise Award of the Confederation of British Industries , as Company of The Year . |
| 25 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 26 | According to this definition , time has no substantive existence but is a mental concept or means of measurement — a point of view that strikes us today as being remarkably modern . |
| 27 | If this strikes us today as quaint , peculiar in its literalness , we have to remember that he was addressing , through his parents , a nation that prized practicality . |
| 28 | The close-up of the ribbons , preceded by a short , almost subliminal zoom , nearly persuades us too that the fire is real , a totally unclassifiable special effect . |
| 29 | We need to plan our leisure so that it is creative and recharges us mentally as well as physically . |
| 30 | It defines us socially and morally ; its release or proper functioning can be a factor in health , energy , activity ; its frustration is a cause of ill health , social unorthodoxy , even madness . |