Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] us [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magazine articles , in an attempt to help us improve that image , advise us to stand sideways on , without our clothes , before a long mirror , and check up honestly on our general shape . |
| 2 | The historical background provided in this chapter helps us understand some of these diagnoses as well as some of the prescriptions . |
| 3 | This distinction falls beautifully into place with the view of syntax which we sketched in Chapter 1 , but before explaining precisely how the two sorts of qualification work let us consider some more data from English . |
| 4 | Our Guider makes us do that . ’ |
| 5 | I shall be elaborating upon this point in a short while , but for the moment let us observe that fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete , ineffectual and impoverished . |
| 6 | The powers of the European Community are not vested in the Community and then , as it were , the Community lets us have some crumbs from the table . |
| 7 | Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes . |
| 8 | We look to the independent film-makers ’ movement to help us do that , and we welcome their work to the screen . |
| 9 | But we desperately need the public to help us win this battle . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If you don , then all I ask is that you show your appreciation of your teacher by supporting her and joining the society in order to help us provide more teachers . ’ |
| 11 | We have recently completed an audit of provision at the college and in the four schools in our consortium , in order to help us plan these further developments . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Regulation made us do that , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I believe that the Secretary of State agrees with us about the importance of the future role of the Territorial Army , and I am sure that he will do all in his power to help us achieve that objective . |