Example sentences of "[verb] us of [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time we have copies of WWF News and other member communications returned to us because people have moved house and forgotten to inform us of their new address . |
| 2 | ‘ In recent weeks , businesses large and small have told us of their fundamental worries both about their immediate problems of the cost of finance and their treatment by the banks . |
| 3 | This mourning cleanses us of our false expectations and superficialities , where we try to flatten everything into a manageable world in which we are in charge . |
| 4 | Breeding and sex in general were a part of the natural order of things to the people of the old farming community ; and this is another aspect of it that reminds us of its ancient roots . |
| 5 | So in the third and last soliloquy Richard reminds us of his concealed plot , his ‘ deep intent ’ to kill Clarence — deep to the rest of the world , visible to us and tells us of his further plan to marry Lady Anne ( ‘ What though I kill 'd her husband and her father ? ’ ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The publicity which rightly has surrounded this situation may have one good effect ; it draws our attention to the awful consequences of unemployment and business failures in our society ; and it reminds us of our genuine responsibilities towards the individuals and families damaged by this ; we must have care for our brothers and sisters in need . |
| 7 | Ours currently extol the virtues of Britain 's response to the French Revolution ( £5 ) , remind us of our traditional relationship with Russia ( £10 ) , the danger implicit in teenage romance ( £20 ) and the importance of our architectural heritage ( £50 ) . |
| 8 | Confucius , which remind us of our daily obligations towards our parents , our ancestors , our emperor and all those set in authority over us , " he said , speaking in a firm voice that carried clearly to his children 's ears . |
| 9 | Strip us of our protective coverings and we are sartorially lost . |
| 10 | to distinguish them from the signs by which we are already combining elements of Q. The new symbols are sufficiently unfamiliar to remind us of their defining role but sufficiently similar to + and . |
| 11 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 12 | We sang a lot of SS and Werhmacht songs , including the Horst Wessel song and other Teuton airs which were meant to remind us of our Runic backgrounds . |
| 13 | Your sister-in-law , Mrs Abberley , has informed us of your recent contact with her daughter 's kidnappers . ’ |