Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this fundamental difference it is difficult to know whether we can rely on information about contemporaries to tell us about prehistoric peoples in the way that is often done still today and was done universally in Marx 's and Engels 's time . |
| 2 | Flows of assistance between generations provide us with an important example where , in practice , support is often one way , and where apparently this is regarded as quite proper . |
| 3 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
| 4 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 5 | This year we are asking a selected sample of readers to help us with this process . |
| 6 | A variety of witches faced us across the TV studio and encouraged us by supporting our warning to the public to avoid playing around with the ouija board . |
| 7 | Instead of prayers to protect us from these sources of guilt , shame and terror Freud suggested that dreams took over , transforming the Gothic horrors into cryptic symbols only interpretable by psycho-analysts , the new priests of nineteenth century rationalism . |
| 8 | Central to my analysis of goals is the proposition that the backgrounds of individuals provide us with themes or patterns which reappear in values , beliefs and goals , and then overtly in behaviour . |
| 9 | Anne and Margaret will be using their talents as writers of reviews to tell us about what we hope will be memorable experiences . |
| 10 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've had a trickle of players joining us from Squashtec , ’ says Durham 's general manager Nick Clifford . |
| 12 | Melford and a group of bowmen greeted us at the gate . |
| 13 | The technique by which in the fourth century B.C. the Chronicler rewrote and modernized the Books of Kings reminds us of the technique by which in the late fourth century Ephorus and Theopompus rewrote and modernized Herodotus and Thucydides . |
| 14 | These type of thoughts put us in the mood to feel anxiety . |
| 15 | On Tuesday deliveries of the planings began , and for the rest of the week two of us , both volunteers , drove dumper trucks to deposit the material in small piles , which the bulldozer later smoothed out ( driving dumper trucks proved a popular occupation — there was no shortage of helpers to relieve us for breaks . |
| 16 | God under takes to teach us through the Spirit if we will allow him to lead us into a closer understanding of and obedience to Jesus Christ . |
| 17 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 18 | That the potential for collaboration was there may be seen from the final sentence by J. W. Heslop Harrison ( 1948b ) where he says ‘ Still , it must be admitted that much remains to be done , and by many workers ; we give a hearty invitation to others to join us in our labours ’ . |
| 19 | So they 'll send to Castle Tioram for men to meet us at dawn . |
| 20 | We allow 7 days from confirmation of the booking for monies to reach us by post . |