Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] us [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 2 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 3 | One reviewer told us that case reports prove nothing . |
| 4 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend give us any estimate of the time that will elapse before the European Court gives its judgment on the matter ? |
| 5 | Mike Mulligan from Mega Designs sent us this picture of his cast pewter replacement guitar hardware . |
| 6 | The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy may be converted from one form to another without any of it being destroyed . |
| 7 | The fact that one of the Bill 's triggers was the Channel 4 Screening of Derek Jarman 's Sebastiane gives us some indication of the possible threats to homosexual images on television . |
| 8 | A useful mnemonic reminds us that movement with the heavens is passive ; movement against the sun and moon and the stars is aggressive and/or courageous ! |
| 9 | New details from the South Down Machine Knitting Club inform us that afternoon meetings will be held on the second Monday in the month between 2 pm and 4 pm . |
| 10 | For none of the many examples does Taylor give us any account of the appropriate Darwinian thinking . |
| 11 | I was screaming , I was saying , ‘ I 'm in labour ’ , and she says , ‘ You 'll be okay — if it gets any worse give us another knock . ’ |
| 12 | We are delighted that Ibstock joined us this year . |
| 13 | In any case , a couple of notables reached us this week . |
| 14 | Reader H. R. Vaughan-Williams sent us this collector 's item , which is probably prewar . |
| 15 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 16 | Jewish law teaches us that sex is equally important between a married couple who wish to have children and between a couple where the woman may be infertile or menopausal . |
| 17 | For Zen teaches us that love breeds fear , and fear breeds hatred , and hatred breeds violence , in a neve-rending , vicious circle . |
| 18 | But Jesus ' teaching shows us that repentance is God 's joy . |
| 19 | ‘ It is because we need your brilliant white nose to help us each year to deliver presents . |
| 20 | Sex therapists tell us that sex is n't all that important within a stable relationship , when things are going well . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm gon na get Mickey to give us some money ! |
| 22 | But the main there 'ere is , we have n't actually changed our position we have actually stated clearly that we wanted to achieve something , we wanted to make sure that what was being provided in that community was the best best thing possible within the resources available and that things developed on This amendment takes us that way forward and we are at least being clear to our principles rather than just being negatively obstructive . |
| 23 | Tacitus gives us this account . |
| 24 | The Fractal Geometry of Nature reminds us that mathematics can surprise us with insights into the world in which we live ; it has the most beautiful graphics 1 have ever seen in a mathematics book . |
| 25 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | The Jane Asher dinosaur cake was introduced recently and buyers inform us that dinosaur shaped canned pasta is now a possibility , together with existing canned lines of this kind . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher and Mr Lawson tell us that government policy is the last of these : Britain will become a full member of the EMS when France and Italy abolish exchange controls and when our inflation rate is similar to that of other EMS members . |
| 29 | As we come to the end of this Parliament , will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to give us some insight into the Government 's long-term policy which has been formulated during the past 13 years ? |
| 30 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |