Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] us [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 2 | She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse . |
| 3 | And she directed us to an examination cubicle adjacent to the great man 's room . |
| 4 | In each work she presents us with an unexpected anxiety , the memory before a human crisis . |
| 5 | Right now again you remind us of an important thing we should 've mentioned . |
| 6 | These short features were independent of my research for the book but they provided us with an opportunity of working together and getting to know each other . |
| 7 | The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast . |
| 8 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 9 | Then they accompanied us to an eating house . |
| 10 | He ruled us with an iron hand and , while he was a very fair man , woe betide any officer who crossed him . |
| 11 | He can teach us because He knows us through and through — our strengths , our weaknesses , inclinations and dispositions — and He loves us with an all-penetrating love . |
| 12 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 13 | To lighten the proceedings he told us of an incident some years ago when there had still been a whaling station in the town . |
| 14 | The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians . |
| 15 | ‘ My father ruled us with an iron fist and he hit us with an iron fist too , ’ Joe recalls . |
| 16 | First and foremost he brings us into an entirely new dimension of freedom . |
| 17 | It provides us with an appeal to a constituency the Tories have been allowed to monopolise . |