Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 2 | The Charity Household Survey , the Family Expenditure Survey and Inland Revenue figures give us some rough guide . |
| 3 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 4 | The Heisenberg uncertainty principle tells us that . |
| 5 | At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur . |
| 6 | And would such a figure — an auteur with a carrying voice to bring us all within earshot — be helpful , or even possible ? |
| 7 | ‘ The American record company sent us this singer , which was completely the wrong thing for me . |
| 8 | The character table shows us that only e' and a 2 " vibrations , corresponding to dipole changes in the x/y and z directions , respectively , can be IR active , so we expect five fundamental bands in the IR spectrum of PF 5 . |
| 9 | As always , I shall back both horses in the race and keep OS/2 on at least one of my machines — and a Mac in the spare room , just in case Apple surprises us all and starts to sell reasonably specified machines at sensible prices . |
| 10 | In this case aggregate theory tells us that economic criteria are of prime importance in this image building . |
| 11 | Now , in the very week Greenpeace urged us all to send postcards to Mr Scopes , the chief executive of ICI paints , to say , ‘ I wo n't buy Dulux paints until ICI stops des-troying the ozone layer ’ , Northampton borough council struck its own blow for the atmosphere . |
| 12 | The baby book gives us another glimpse into parents ' and societies ' attitudes towards girls ' bodies with the comment that Alison is ‘ prudish ’ about her body at ten , and the noting of her ‘ slight breast development ’ . |
| 13 | Sex therapists tell us that sex is n't all that important within a stable relationship , when things are going well . |
| 14 | He added : ‘ As Government ministers reminded us this week , circumstances change . |
| 15 | Bedu 's rhythmics lessons got us all banging bongos , clashing cymbals , dashing round the gym and holding a rhythm against all comers . |
| 16 | A few snippets from the Feedback Sheets on Care Sunday give us some flavour of what has happened in different parishes across the Diocese e.g : |
| 17 | Advertising surveys tell us that one-third of the British population uses slimming products . |
| 18 | There are behind-the-scenes flurries as the sheet-covered frock is brought out of storage — by ladies dressed in white coats and white gloves so that the masterpiece is n't stained — and the model changes to give us another twirl . |
| 19 | ‘ Demographic factors and community care policy concern us all and we should regard elder abuse as a serious issue , ’ Ogg said . |
| 20 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 21 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 22 | Fighters need lots of things but not big muscles — one look at any of the lighter boxing greats tells us that . |
| 23 | In fact Dorothy tells us more about the sunset and the landscape than William — and yet he is traditionally thought of in association with such moments of natural grandeur . |