Example sentences of "[verb] us [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Theatral Area and the West Court , raised linear pathways of well-made slabs pass through open areas of irregular cobbling , and show us clearly the main lines of movement through these courtyards : they emphasize the North Entrance and West Porch of the temple as important destinations . |
| 2 | Our competitors who use their better provision of education to beat us at the economic game — show us how a slender force of educated human resources , our current situation , is no basis for technical expertise in volume , for high intellect in commerce , for leadership quality in management , or for any other human component of economic success . |
| 3 | All you 're doing is causing us both a whole lot of inconvenience by this irrational behaviour . ’ |
| 4 | In short , causal path models can show us how a bivariate relationship decomposes into direct and indirect effects , an essential part of a scientific understanding . |
| 5 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 6 | The architect and his wife would put Eric up for the night and give us both a delicious dinner , the Signora exercising just the degree of chaperonage that was considered desirable at that time . |
| 7 | Or give us here a bloody mint |
| 8 | Of all the commercial cities of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Genoa is the best documented , for its marvellous series of notarial registers give us almost a comprehensive view of the sophisticated world of contracts and partnerships , of commerce near and far , which made it the home of a commercial empire stretching from the western Mediterranean to the Middle East . |
| 9 | She poured us both a generous tot , and drank hers rather faster than liqueurs are normally drunk , then gasped and blinked as sudden tears started to her eyes . |
| 10 | He went to the bar in the corner of the lounge and he poured us both a stiff whisky and soda . |
| 11 | And th on the cherish you and whatever else and th erm , I mean we 've already got a situation where we 've got erm through Peter and David , the other two , I mean we 've got erm erm two or three breweries who are quite willing to erm to give us quite a substantial amount of money not as loans , as write-offs against barrelage erm which means that we do n't have any repayments to make etcetera . |
| 12 | The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary . |
| 13 | ‘ One was financial — loss of earnings , keeping a second home and campaigning expenses set us back a great deal over the 15 months . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell us just a little bit more about what she does , ’ Matilda said . |
| 15 | ‘ Tell us why the impetuous command ? |
| 16 | He guided us along a functional passage or three , then finally into a large open area where he halted — obviously to let the full impact hit us . |
| 17 | So it 's normally thought that within the utilitarian tradition , voters are required to vote their interests and then the democratic procedure tells us where the general happiness lies roughly speaking . |
| 18 | And if we can just er just go back just for for one minute , just to draw a bit of before you were captured , er and whatnot , could you tell us just a little bit about the living conditions that you had when you were actually at the front . |
| 19 | The tonic accent normally falls on the last item , but this does not tell us where the given element ends and the new one begins . |
| 20 | Can you just tell us what you 've done to your entrance pricing for your various entertainment centres and also can you tell us why the Canadian profit 's almost doubled in the year ? |
| 21 | So even the inflationary model does not tell us why the initial configuration was not such as to produce something very different from what we observe . |
| 22 | When the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment replies to the debate , I hope that he will tell us how the British Government will apportion the 24 delegates from the United Kingdom who will represent us on that new body , the committee of regional and local authorities . |
| 23 | The Dalek Killer 's led us up a blind alley . ’ |
| 24 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 25 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll get us both a fresh glass . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And he just stood there , ’ Emlyn concluded , ‘ looking so desperate that I gave us both an enormous gin and tonic ! ’ |
| 28 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |
| 29 | The high quality applications which we received , in addition to giving us a wide choice of suitable applicants , gave us incidentally an encouraging snap-shot of the future of the book industry . |
| 30 | ‘ Then do us both a big favour and leave me in peace , ’ she returned . |