Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] us this " in BNC.
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1 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
2 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
3 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
4 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
5 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
6 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |