Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those are all steps in the right direction to make us more competitive ; and if we are more competitive , we can obviously sell more of our goods . |
| 2 | The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way . |
| 3 | Locke obviously recognized the implausibility of supposing that experience gives us these pieces of knowledge ; experience can not account for their certain applicability to all wholes , all numbers , or all promises . |
| 4 | Now they 've got the bloody nerve to charge us half when we live there I do n't think she 'd dare say anything to me about it . |
| 5 | As we come to the end of this Parliament , will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to give us some insight into the Government 's long-term policy which has been formulated during the past 13 years ? |
| 6 | This technique gives us some of the advantages of instruction modification , while keeping instructions and data in separate areas . |
| 7 | But the main there 'ere is , we have n't actually changed our position we have actually stated clearly that we wanted to achieve something , we wanted to make sure that what was being provided in that community was the best best thing possible within the resources available and that things developed on This amendment takes us that way forward and we are at least being clear to our principles rather than just being negatively obstructive . |
| 8 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 9 | And learning together as we 've been reminded more than once than this morning engages us all irrespective of age , irrespective of experience it engages everyone and it 's worth emphasising that the quality of learning does not depend upon the size of a congregation ! |
| 10 | There have been tired legs recently but this win gives us some breathing space . ’ |
| 11 | Then the social worker got us this flat and Keith moved in with us , and he stayed until just before Christmas , and we 've been on our own ever since . |
| 12 | at Christmas time 193 1 I had a table of gold , hoping that it might in some way draw us all back to the old gold standard again gold lame tablecloth , old white Mennecey china , many yellow roses . |
| 13 | The French Officer gets us all out of the ditch and the march continues for about four or five hours , then , during a rest in the wood , I fall asleep , my face among the leaves reminding me of my home in Scotland . |
| 14 | Gerald obviously feeling er , very , very bad about er , this scheme to make us all pay twenty pounds extra , if we have a second T V set in the house . |
| 15 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |
| 16 | Otherwise it 's as if there 's a monster on the mountain , no , as if some dark being haunts us both . |
| 17 | The boy 's foster mother refused to be interviewed , but his real mother gave us this reaction . |
| 18 | Jewish law teaches us that sex is equally important between a married couple who wish to have children and between a couple where the woman may be infertile or menopausal . |
| 19 | ‘ It is because we need your brilliant white nose to help us each year to deliver presents . |
| 20 | For example , if we have raised our body temperature by exercise or effort then cooling ourselves by taking a cold shower , a swim , or a cold drink makes us more comfortable . |
| 21 | ‘ He made a brave , desperate , but unavailing effort to cheer us all up . |
| 22 | A useful mnemonic reminds us that movement with the heavens is passive ; movement against the sun and moon and the stars is aggressive and/or courageous ! |
| 23 | Questions of peace and war , global distributive justice , gender and racial inequality , and environmental degradation concern us all . |
| 24 | As I told you , the present war rules us both . |
| 25 | But within seconds Tom Watt was at my elbow , his large black umbrella overarching us both . |
| 26 | Within a minute or so he modified his cocksureness — — ‘ The good Lord gives us all certain gifts ’ — but not much . |
| 27 | He also insisted that ‘ every compromise with the existing system leaves us less capable of changing that system ’ . |
| 28 | Ah my poor mam had us all in that one bedroom upstairs you know . |
| 29 | Right , economic theory tells us that production will continue in , in the short run providing average variable costs are covered . |
| 30 | NO SMOKE International Smoke Signals ( Warrior 's Dance ) Following the 4 single ‘ Koro Koro ’ , this Paris-based outfit bring us more afro-house and spacey dub . |