Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] us [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENOUGH TO DRIVE US ALL BANANAS |
| 2 | The ‘ swing ’ from Labour to Liberal Democrat was 6.4pc , enough to win us both seats in the Willington West ward . |
| 3 | But we are given such a huge sweep from birth to incipient death that the movie never draws breath long enough to give us any depth or conflict . |
| 4 | I hoped this trench was deep enough , and the roof strong enough to give us some protection from the increasing mortar fire that was now coming our way . |
| 5 | Tell Nettie that Mr MacKay has arrived , and ask her to be good enough to bring us some tea . ’ |
| 6 | Jimmy Dale Gilmore is wild and wiggly , Nanci Griffith is captured in her old folksy form and Percy Sledge sings a Hank Williams tune — just to remind us that country music is n't simply a WASP-y preserve . |
| 7 | Within the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) , the supporters of the " socialism and republic " faction led by Jean-Pierre Chevènement ( who resigned as Defence Minister on Jan. 29 — see p. 37941 ) refused to back presidential policy on the Gulf at a meeting of PS officials on Feb. 2 , and attacked the Feb. 1 decision temporarily to let US B-52 bombers overfly the country . |
| 8 | ‘ That dopey mare left about five hours ago to find us some transport so we could all go into Ipswich and sign on . |
| 9 | They came in today to give us this talk about kind of er , kind of erm , money we 're gon na get , whatever today , you know , like they said about the Poll Tax |
| 10 | Thus intuition comes in twice , firstly to tell us general truths to the effect that certain natural characteristics bestow prima facie obligatoriness , and secondly to tell us which of various alternative acts is more stringently obligatory . |