Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 2 | They resented us in the beginning but I think as the years have gone by and they have seen the facilities that a new town has brought to their advantage I think they 're more acceptable now , but they did resent us in the beginning . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , these counts do provide us with the best available source of information about the common birds of Sussex woodland . |
| 4 | A is indeed more precise , but only in a trivial sense , for in B does present us with the same referent as in A. If , on the other hand , the lines changed places , so that we read : |
| 5 | However , this does leave us with the unanswered question of the extent to which schools reflect social practices and the extent to which they shape them . |
| 6 | History provides us with no guide as to how all this will work out , but it does remind us of the need for sensitivity when dealing with powerful social forces . |