Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 2 | We slanted across the river , the wind carrying us against the current , and coasted up the far bank . |
| 3 | So the real question facing us at the moment is not whether there should be a relationship , or whether there should be a link but in what way we should modernize it and arrange it today . |
| 4 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
| 5 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |
| 6 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 7 | The volume telling us of the coming of salvation to Israel is complete with the death and resurrection of Jesus . |
| 8 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 9 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’ |
| 11 | I and the one other passenger viewed the landscape through the grill dividing us from the driver , the mail , bottles of milk and newspapers . |
| 12 | An alternative might be the new technology bringing us to the leisure society with machines doing all the productive work and people freed to follow their own leisure pursuits . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it may also be a sign of God 's hidden control and wisdom preparing us for the future . |