Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Once she tells us where the book is or she leads us to it , she dies . ’ |
2 | He insisted we join him for dinner where he regaled us with tidbits of gossip from the court and city . |
3 | ‘ Look , Scott , we do n't want to be here any more than you want us to be here , ’ Gregson told him . |
4 | Chief inspector Walter Walker , who helped organise the survey , explained , ‘ Many said that they wanted us to be more friendly and caring , and give more information to visitors . |
5 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
6 | 4 One problem with many passages in Eliot 's plays is that they send us to similar but stronger passages in the poetry . |
7 | Moreover , such texts are the more dangerous in that they affect us at a subconscious level . |
8 | The point about studies on non-human animals is not that they replace studies on humans but that they provide us with pointers to what we should study in people and how we should study it . |
9 | The only thing , today , is that they escorted us without any weapons . |
10 | I need a visa and have failed to obtain one , Rosita likewise , and so they put us behind bars like prisoners . |
11 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |
12 | This keeps us in our place , although it frustrates us with a great deal of suffering . |
13 | The fourth and most important implication of the placebo response is that it reminds us of the beneficial effect of the successful physician-patient encounter . |
14 | It 's true that it seduces us with its pulse-quickening thrill , but it also serves as a privileged glimpse into the paranoia , loneliness and tunnel vision of the male survivalist . |
15 | Given a set of forces and an assurance that equilibrium prevails , the human sense of balance is so finely developed that it directs us to their focus . |
16 | Mr President I move this special report on behalf of the C E C on the basis that it provides us with the framework to build on the excellent record that the G M B has on improving health , safety and environmental standards at the workplace . |
17 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
18 | The answer is that it provides us with a way to understand evolution as a gradual , cumulative process . |
19 | At all events we shall not go wrong in assuming that it is not without good reason that he tells us of so impressive a roll call of nationalities on the day of Pentecost ( 2:5–11 ) . |
20 | Just to convince us that all these things that he tells us about are somehow present , to convince us of the heinousness of what he 's done . |
21 | I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee . |
22 | He does n't see us as a part of a crowd , he does n't see us as a number on a computer , he does n't see us as numbers on a bank account , or in some other organizational er er er computer set up or whatever it is , he does n't just see us as that he sees us as individuals . |
23 | ‘ My father 's made it clear enough that he wants us to — to — ’ |
24 | ‘ Father is afraid I 'll die soon , you see , so he wants us to be married tomorrow morning . |
25 | This was only owr fift defeet in ten leeg games ( we allso went don 2- at Clansford ) so it stood us in good sted for owr Fst rownd match against Drizley Welfare in the ‘ FARMBOY SHEEP SCAB LINEMENT INTER-LEAGUE TROPHY ’ . |
26 | We do n't mind you giving us rubbish , provided you charges us for it as rubbish . ’ |
27 | PLAYER : Why , we grow rusty and you catch us at the very point of decadence — by this time tomorrow we might have forgotten everything we ever knew . |
28 | Marco said , ‘ Let's say we pay the fine and the crystal and you take us to Titan . ’ |
29 | And she directed us to an examination cubicle adjacent to the great man 's room . |
30 | We wonder if she has ever heard of chronic paranoid schizophrenia , and she tells us to be quiet . |