Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] us the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 2 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 3 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 5 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 6 | But through the Spirit , God has given us the ability to fulfil those requirements . |
| 7 | God means us to know that we are in Christ , and has given us the Spirit to assure us . |
| 8 | God means us to grow in Christlikeness , and has given us the Spirit to change us . |
| 9 | Evolution has given us the Canaletto whose complex city perspectives recede infinitely away and now it is itself seen regressing as |
| 10 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The success of the over-haul has given us the incentive to improve the plant systems and procedures even further , ’ added Ian . |
| 13 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 14 | Science has given us the technology , but do we have the right to use it ? |
| 15 | ‘ He has given us the feeling that we could not have been better prepared , ’ said Hockley after her opening round . |
| 16 | A full analysis has shown us the way forward and detailed programmes of personal development are being drawn up for everyone in Chemicals Manufacturing . |
| 17 | In a public statement he agreed meekly that ‘ the resolution has shown us the goals towards which we need to strive to serve the Soviet people better ’ . |
| 18 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |
| 19 | should have given us the nudge . |
| 20 | Should have given us the money , money . |
| 21 | The exact origins of the ferret can only be guesswork , but either descendants of the polecat line or variations on the resultant interbreeding between stoats and polecats may have given us the ferret we know today . |
| 22 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 23 | If we had gone on , our love would have brought us the death we secretly called up every time we embraced . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , owing to some inexplicable negligence , ’ — he sighed and shook his head — ‘ they seem to have given us the slip . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who hast given us the Law of truth , and hast planted everlasting life in our midst . |
| 26 | It 's going through that system , and once they 've given us the go ahead then we can go to the solicitor in Lancaster . |
| 27 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |
| 28 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 29 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 30 | ‘ These new Regulations — although inspired by the European Framework Directive — have given us the opportunity to progress one of the HSC 's main objectives : to promote better management of health and safety at work . |