Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] us [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I , I wanted to try something slightly different tonight as a bit of an experiment , I wanted us to sort of put ourselves in the position of the criminal and we plan a burglary of our house and see what , what we think about . |
| 2 | I do n't know how many vote with their feet in going elsewhere , but few of them challenge us at home . |
| 3 | Back to the beginning , and the archery shafts which led us into carbon tubes and the generation of so many new designs for steerable aerobatic kites . |
| 4 | By nature I mean , first , the principle of survival which drives us to continue living and necessarily entails the ingestion of food ; and , second , the principle of growth which transforms us from childhood to maturity and thence to old age . |
| 5 | We can not and never will understand this place appointed for our second race , for we are implicated without choice in the catastrophe of the copulations which splatter us into existence . |
| 6 | We can not and never will understand this place appointed for our second race , for we are implicated without choice in the catastrophe of the copulations which splatter us into existence . |
| 7 | It appeared to us then that the scheme which allows us to hand back a large proportion of the business rates was not widely known . ’ |
| 8 | Environmental destruction can occur at many points in the life of a product , which leads us to Pitfall Number Four — the ‘ Cradle-to-Grave Trap ’ . |
| 9 | It will thus follow the path of tradition — and this becomes the vehicle which protects us against deviation . |
| 10 | This is a world where , in Walt 's own words , ‘ If you can dream it , you can do it , ’ and where , as we are told by the audio-animatronic family which takes us through history in the Carousel Of Progress pavilion , ‘ These are the best days of your life . ’ |
| 11 | Whenever our reality changes for the better , in a way which takes us by surprise , we should get to work on our self-image fast ! |
| 12 | Failure to define , at any rate in politics , is the principal factor which keeps us in employment . |
| 13 | Back at the hotel we hear the drums begin again and continue long into the night , past the time when exhaustion overcomes the excitement which keeps us from sleep for many hours . |
| 14 | Nobody stormed us with pitch forks , or even shouted ‘ hoi , you ’ , as we opened and closed gates along the private section of road . |
| 15 | Again , then , we find our ‘ abnormality ’ being explained ultimately in terms of our impairment , which qualifies us for admission to an unavoidably disadvantaged category of people . |
| 16 | Which brought us to fame . |
| 17 | On Nov. 20 Strauss-Kahn blamed the outcome of the negotiations on the UK 's current presidency of the EC , describing it as " calamitous and claiming that " the British have a way of chairing the Community which puts us in difficulty facing the Americans " . |
| 18 | Sue Townsend has an eye and an ear for the ridiculous : the thought of a son putting away all sharp instruments to stop his father killing himself moves us to laughter . |
| 19 | We find our arts opportunities restricted at all levels , from lack of physical access to arts facilities and regulations which bar us from training courses , to our invisibility and misrepresentation in the images produced and promoted . |
| 20 | Which brings us to sex . |
| 21 | Which brings us to camp , considered by some to be the essence of the homosexual sensibility , by others , both within and without gay culture , as virtually the opposite : the quintessence of an alienated , inadequate sensibility ( above , Chapter 3 ) . |
| 22 | This is a rewarding experience , provided that it is a successful one — which brings us to Part Two and methods of using both ELT and non-ELT materials in the classroom . |
| 23 | Which brings us to ground advantage and the opinion of some of the Scotland players that there was less noise in the Irish match from the now all-seated crowd than in days gone by . |
| 24 | Frank Gilfeather rehearsed his opening , and tried to find a point of interest with which to introduce us on screen . |
| 25 | I explain to them that the local garage which supplied us with petrol has closed and we therefore no longer have an account . |
| 26 | Nothing interests us in life . ’ |
| 27 | Erm but do you want us to keep our own results or do you want us to pool all together |
| 28 | I mean do you want us to hand another one in ? |
| 29 | Major Hal , who met us on arrival , insisted that I had qualified for membership in the ‘ Short-Snorters ’ Club ’ . |
| 30 | Matthew 's style was snappy : ‘ John Major was the Chancellor who got us into recession and he is the Prime Minister who is n't going to get us out … ’ |