Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor will future researchers thank us for leaving them a vast amount of dross which makes the location and comprehension of useful material more difficult . |
| 2 | We have offered to produce , on demand , any other communications which braille readers ask us for . |
| 3 | I make the observation that given the Opposition 's effort to determine the Government 's view two or three years from now , I can only conclude that Opposition Members expect us to be in government after the next general election . |
| 4 | Before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made his announcement , Opposition Members accused us of creating a situation where there would be no taper , but a cut-off and said how cruel that would be . |
| 5 | Jackie from Marriage Lines takes us through day and evening invitations embossed with clinking champagne flutes and bordered in watered silk . |
| 6 | an exhibition structured around concepts of ‘ memory ’ in the context of the 20th Century Gallery might raise some interesting questions about processes of selection by addressing not only what museum collections enable us to ‘ remember ’ but also the ways in which they facilitate ‘ forgetting ’ . |
| 7 | Five or six machine guns scythed us like grass . |
| 8 | We will defend vigorously the libel proceedings commenced us by Virgin and its owner and any other proceedings they choose to commence . |
| 9 | I consider that I B M strives to be a good employer and that it 's long established belief in respect for the individual has shaped our personal policies to reflect these needs within our community , and for example , our equal opportunity principles prevent us from considering race , colour or sex , when offering someone employment or promotion . |
| 10 | We have the kitchen middens to inform us about the former and the dolmens and passage graves — both resting places and scenes of ancestor worship — to inform us of the latter . |
| 11 | The court proceedings provided us with a platform ; fines and suspended sentences conferred on us an aura of minor martyrdom … |
| 12 | What then do these culture experiments using denatured single collagens or collagen sandwiches tell us of the nature of hepatocyte-matrix interaction ? |
| 13 | Without a word Ramses led us to a boat moored at the end of the dock , a small felucca with a heavily patched sail . |
| 14 | We shall also be asking centre co-ordinators to help us in collecting important information about candidates ' first destinations after taking general SVQs . |
| 15 | In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts . |
| 16 | WE asked five city fashion shops to provide us with clothes which they considered epitomised Merseyside style : |
| 17 | A mule clattered past , its straw panniers thrust us against the adobe wall . |
| 18 | The wholesalers via their star ratings help us in our stock selections , and by provision of p.o.s. help us sell the books purchased . |
| 19 | Brighton Borough Council with the Arts Council and South East Arts brought us into being — and their support continues as strongly as ever . |
| 20 | They and their disused railway lines remind us of wealth in the last century — but unemployment during the last 50 years . |
| 21 | None of us expected the hospital workers to save us from Thatcher , and yet they tried harder than most . |
| 22 | With so many dietary information sources bombarding us with dos and don'ts , it 's no wonder people get confused . |
| 23 | The weakness of glass fibres brings us to the question of Griffith cracks and it also brings us back to Professor Inglis , whom we left in Chapter 2 worrying about why ships broke in two at sea when simple calculation showed them to be amply strong enough . |
| 24 | A further problem was that it would be difficult for rescue services to locate us in these weather conditions . |
| 25 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |
| 26 | We invite all other CSCE member states to join us in this commitment to non-aggression . " |
| 27 | Other member states bypassed us on the single currency by giving us an opt-out , for which the Prime Minister had to pay at Maastricht — and for which the British people will have to pay even more in the months ahead — and they bypassed us on the social chapter by simply going ahead without us . |
| 28 | The muscular derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats of climbing , usually trees ; and their prowess in stalking and sniffing out was echoed in our exploration of sombre , dingy and often damp places . |
| 29 | That 's what these slate quarry owners wanted us for us to fall back . |
| 30 | Since the structure of molecules and their reactions with each other underlie all of chemistry and biology , quantum mechanics allows us in principle to predict nearly everything we see around us , within the limits set by the uncertainty principle . |