Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] us [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | that the most luxurious vegetation of spontaneous growth affords us certain proof that the soil which has produced it will prove equally favourable for the production of the usual objects of culture ( George Finlayson Mission to Siam and Hué … in the years 1821–2 ( 1826 ) p.57 ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We began with a selection of starters , including delicious soft shell crabs , tiny spring rolls and some more anodyne prawns deep fried in rice paper , whose combined oiliness made us hanker after a wedge of westernised lemon . |
| 7 | We will divide our people — some to the Rorim and the Circle , and some to the outer wall to give us advance warning . ’ |
| 8 | This inspiring service gave us new heart . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Otherwise it 's as if there 's a monster on the mountain , no , as if some dark being haunts us both . |
| 11 | Standard English caused us enormous problems . |
| 12 | The boy 's foster mother refused to be interviewed , but his real mother gave us this reaction . |
| 13 | she only had the bloody cheek to charge us last year for a turkey wrong , but I mean I did get that sorted out afterwards . |
| 14 | We rarely get out at night , because keeping up with the little fella leaves us dog-tired . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | However , there are other desires which do correspond to truly human values : the desire for friendship ( because as human beings we were made for relationships ) , or the desire to give happiness to others ( because our human nature makes us aware of the needs of others ) . |
| 17 | The end of the cold war gave us real hopes that the Gulf operation could be the seed , round which a new role for the UN would develop . |
| 18 | ‘ It is because we need your brilliant white nose to help us each year to deliver presents . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ He made a brave , desperate , but unavailing effort to cheer us all up . |
| 21 | On the second day , as we set off to walk over one of the high gritstone moors towards Kinder Scout , a sudden squall made us pleased at our foresight in bringing our Sprayway Torridon jackets along . |
| 22 | On the second day , as we set off to walk over one of the high gritstone moors towards Kinder Scout , a sudden squall made us pleased at our foresight in bringing our Sprayway Torridon jackets along . |
| 23 | The maddening way-finding kept us interested , which did postpone the onset of real tiredness . |
| 24 | The leading peasant made us welcome in one of the peasant houses , where the same sort of ritual took place — long speeches , Chairman Mao , Chairman Hua , jin and mu , but with homely humour thrown in now and then . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | Questions of peace and war , global distributive justice , gender and racial inequality , and environmental degradation concern us all . |
| 27 | As I told you , the present war rules us both . |
| 28 | But within seconds Tom Watt was at my elbow , his large black umbrella overarching us both . |
| 29 | Within a minute or so he modified his cocksureness — — ‘ The good Lord gives us all certain gifts ’ — but not much . |
| 30 | Well , a freak maelstrom hit us last September and drove wreckage into the bay at Moltke , where a group of German amateur divers were camping . |