Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] us [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose , however , that we resisted Wittgenstein 's attempt to push us from weak-kneed scepticism to solipsism ; we find the relevant argument ( see 5.4 ) unconvincing , perhaps . |
| 2 | But in the Lawrence passage , there is no such intermediary to deflect us from direct participation in the fictional world . |
| 3 | Maureen Ruchardson , who made a similar appearance in the B is for Book exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead , continues to cook and beat the fibres of local plants to provide us with hand-made paper . |
| 4 | I told the spaceship to take us to New Earth , the planet of the Star Council . |
| 5 | One delegate commented : ‘ It could be used as a trick to keep us in residential care . ’ |
| 6 | Nearly all of these are modern chemicals we have thoughtlessly introduced into our cats ' environment to help us in various ways . |
| 7 | The problem arises because there is nothing in our day-to-day life to provide us with sufficient exercise . |
| 8 | ‘ We should look to the Holy Spirit to guide us for good news . |
| 9 | Let's pray in the silence of our hearts that God will send the Holy Spirit to fill us with promised gifts . |
| 10 | ‘ We are urging licensees to join us in encouraging sensible drinking because it in their own interests . ’ |
| 11 | We are taking on Mr. McKeever from Crewe to help us with new waiting list initiatives in the Mersey region , and we are giving him £2 million to deal with some of the longer lists . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error . |
| 14 | If , for many years , tears have been frozen in order to protect us from intense pain , the process of thawing out may require great delicacy and sensitivity . |
| 15 | But some of the astonishment was that we had Clark here resident in Edinburgh to show us in magnificent playing , the possibilities of this music . |
| 16 | Because of this fundamental difference it is difficult to know whether we can rely on information about contemporaries to tell us about prehistoric peoples in the way that is often done still today and was done universally in Marx 's and Engels 's time . |
| 17 | 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 . |