Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] us [det] [adj] " 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 Guidance tells us that interim orders represent a substantial , if temporary , intervention in the child 's life and " should not be regarded as routine parts of an application for a full care or supervision order " ( vol 1 , para 3.38 ) . |
| 3 | While such links proliferate in affluent countries , the global scope of drugs-related crime , political violence and AIDS reminds us that poor countries are far from immune . |
| 4 | Being able to anticipate the demands of the future makes us less vulnerable to stress . |
| 5 | Gilroy reminds us that black political protest in the streets and urban crime have very successfully become fused in the public eye . |
| 6 | Gondola concludes : ‘ Exercise makes us more aware , increases perception and stimulates creativity . |
| 7 | Years of experience tell us that standard beds may not be right for every human body . |
| 8 | Drink affects us all different . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And learning together as we 've been reminded more than once than this morning engages us all irrespective of age , irrespective of experience it engages everyone and it 's worth emphasising that the quality of learning does not depend upon the size of a congregation ! |
| 11 | In this case aggregate theory tells us that economic criteria are of prime importance in this image building . |
| 12 | The guide gives us some brief paddling instructions and then we 're off , hurtling furiously downstream . |
| 13 | Within a minute or so he modified his cocksureness — — ‘ The good Lord gives us all certain gifts ’ — but not much . |
| 14 | The buyer tells us that bright colours are not sold because sales estimates are low . |
| 15 | But experience tells us that adaptive behaviour most often reflects the intelligence of evolution rather than that of the animals it has so carefully programmed . |
| 16 | Wrong horse … and speaking of odds , word reaches us that super-confident Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb is so much the punters ' favourite that the town 's biggest bookie has stopped taking bets . |
| 17 | Their hope has been realized , by rather than for miscreants ; their rhetoric reminds us that Victorian values did not produce an orderly society . |
| 18 | Since my firm gives us all private health insurance , which involves an annual check-up , I know I am in good health . |
| 19 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |
| 20 | The people 's radio told us more real news , but these days we were too afraid to listen to Colonel Stephens . |
| 21 | Trace 's new baby bass combo has been brought into the world to convince us that small can be beautiful … |
| 22 | Fellow cruisers who frequently enjoy holidays at sea assured us that Royal Caribbean is by far the best cruise line to choose . |
| 23 | Part of the moulding-power of the modern world is its ability to leave us all blasé . |
| 24 | He also insisted that ‘ every compromise with the existing system leaves us less capable of changing that system ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We have decided to hand them over ( Gen Keightley is in touch and on good terms with the Russian general on his right ) , but I suggested that the Russians should at the same time give us any British prisoners or wounded who may be in his area . |
| 27 | And now we have the solid-state valve complete with LED to give us that warm glowing feeling ! |
| 28 | ‘ He has damaged the ligaments but the nature of the injury makes us more hopeful of recovery than we would be from some ankle injuries . ’ |