Example sentences of "[verb] us to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not magic , for it introduces us to new relationships of intimacy and friendship , rather than of impersonal power and fantasy . |
| 2 | The twists and turns of Goldwyn 's life can become tedious , since he was so often fighting the same battles ; and the extent of his involvement in the industry means that Berg continually digresses to enlarge on some aspect of movie history , or introduces us to other personalities as they appear . |
| 3 | Moreover , it allows us to talk more confidently of a psychic and cognitive unity of humanity without limiting us to absolute categories . |
| 4 | But why does this event persist in subjecting us to long rows of tap dancers , a breed of people whose only function in life is to display the disgusting effects of sweat and sequins under neon ? |
| 5 | At the same time , he makes useful points which can lead us to other conclusions : |
| 6 | ‘ To be fair , it 's a hell of an act to follow when you consider Gordon has already led us to two championships in the space of three seasons . |
| 7 | After this , we might fairly expect our journey to have led us to some certainties about the language . |
| 8 | The self-authenticating nature of their experiences meant that neither of them was able to doubt them , yet the similarities must not blind us to certain differences . |
| 9 | The question , however , is whether II Maccabees — does not present a gross simplification of events which prompts us to misleading analogies . |
| 10 | The muscular derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats of climbing , usually trees ; and their prowess in stalking and sniffing out was echoed in our exploration of sombre , dingy and often damp places . |
| 11 | We had a wonderfully imaginative French teacher who spoke only French in the class-room , taught us French songs , introduced us to French games , and brought the lesson to life . |
| 12 | Rather I cite it here as a historical antecedent whose very strangeness alerts us to several facts relevant to what follows : first , and most obviously , that sexual difference is not a biological given so much as a complex ideological history ; second , that current theories of sexual difference are of relatively recent origin , and quite probably still haunted by older views , including this one ; third , it suggests that ‘ before ’ sexual difference the woman was once ( and may still be ) feared in a way in which the homosexual now is — feared , that is , not so much , or only , because of a radical otherness , as because of an interior resemblance presupposing a certain proximity ; the woman then , as the homosexual in modern psychoanalytic discourse , is marked in terms of lesser or retarded development . |
| 13 | And I do n't understand why she was so slow to alert us to those symptoms today . ’ |