Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid that still leaves us with a couple of problems . |
| 2 | I went calmly enough , but there must have been a suspicion of the trepidation that inevitably invests us at the sight of a hospital and the thought of entering it . |
| 3 | One of the things that really annoyed us in the Ministry was when the Publisher 's representative used to go straight into the Minister 's office and dictate letters which the Minister then signed . |
| 4 | It 's the mediocre that drags us all down to a common denominator ; … that deprives us of judgement ; … that particularly deprives us of a sense of humour . |
| 5 | On the main part of the continental shelves , which is the region that chiefly concerns us in the stratigraphy of the continents , the chief contribution of Recent sedimentary studies , in my opinion , has been the demonstration of lateral rather than vertical sedimentation . |
| 6 | And thanks to Tom chasing up membership that actually brought us in a hundred and ninety nine pounds seventy er throughout the year . |
| 7 | Our brain uses these slight differences to give the scene depth and so provide us with a three-dimensional image . |
| 8 | A man who once talked to a selection committee about the battle of Waterloo , he likes his unexpected allusions and so hits us with Lobenegula ( King of the Matabele , was it ? ) |
| 9 | Pride holds onto the past and so prevents us from moving forward and achieving more with our lives . |
| 10 | One focus is Jesus , who reveals the love of God for us , and so reconciles us to God , ; the other is the spiritual and ethical community which he founded . |
| 11 | Joyce confronts us with a piece of apparently inept , uncontextualized , childish language lacking normal " prosaic " logical transitions , and so shocks us into a re-experience ( rather than a reminiscence ) of the childhood consciousness from which the " young man 's portrait " will gradually evolve in his novel . |
| 12 | So the law is intended not simply to regulate conduct in an imperfect world , but to show up our imperfections and so lead us to Christ . |
| 13 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 14 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 15 | Which which Mrs Thatcher rightly committed us to and rightly whipped us through the house And and it and it |
| 16 | We can only require them to pay us , and not to get us into anything dangerous or illegal … ’ |
| 17 | You can not tease us with a smidge of inside info on Jon , and not expect us to be hanging on every word . |
| 18 | Instead of the negation of all individuality , we are offered a parable of a single individual who , in his heroic struggle , " takes the whole Dionysiac world on his back and thus relieves us of that burden " . |
| 19 | If we do not face up to our fears , we might project them onto the outside world , perhaps in the form of violent crime , epidemics , disasters or a vengeful God , or ( closer to home ) in the form of a partner , family or friends who ‘ block ’ our growth , and thus protect us from facing our fears . |
| 20 | And just help us with this , if you can remember . |
| 21 | Abu piloted us with all the aplomb of a sailor surging through dangerous surf , and finally brought us to an entire circular village of some sixty three-storey houses , all shaped like space-arcs . |
| 22 | May he bestow the riches of his peace upon us , bring us the good news of salvation and always fill us with love for all peoples . |
| 23 | ‘ Denbighshire can afford to lose by fewer than four wickets and still pip us on the calculation of wickets lost where the points are equal , ’ explained manager Jones , of Buckley . |
| 24 | We can work with the class to create a story in which they all have a stake , slowing it down at particular moments , thereby creating strong dramatic tension , deepening understanding and also enabling us to value publicly the contribution of particular children . |
| 25 | We begin with some simple number theory which will help us feel our way and also lead us to some new and fascinating algebraic structures . |
| 26 | Thus the name ‘ man ’ is simply a name used for a number of particulars , and any idea of ‘ man ’ is always an idea of some particular man , and simply reminds us of other particulars . |
| 27 | Alf 's grand-daughter , Ann Parker , still lives in Darlington and kindly helped us with these illustrations from her collection of footballing photographs , medals and newspaper cuttings . |
| 28 | I am writing to ask if you will do an article on the above problem and maybe enlighten us on what we 're buying and how to get one cheap , etc . |
| 29 | Simply answer our question by ticking the appropriate box and then tell us in no more than 12 words why you would like to be a Clairol winner . |
| 30 | Dzo bells lulled us to sleep and then woke us to a clear and sunny morning . |