Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Cable has equipped us with is a theoretical metrics with challenging things to say about poetic competence : metrics , as he puts it ( p. 65 ) , " is not about orthography and written texts apprehended by the eye but about mental structures " . |
| 2 | The age of the PC has left us with a messy low grade grumbling crisis . |
| 3 | This accursed recession has blinded us to the fact that we are well placed , vis-a-vis our competitors in Europe , to create wealth . |
| 4 | Perhaps racism has conditioned us to a greater extent than we expected . |
| 5 | Greenstein has reminded us of Marshall McLuhan 's distinction between " hot " and " cool " media , " hot " media presenting a complete pattern of stimuli , " cool " presenting an incomplete pattern and therefore requiring greater processing and hence a higher level of engagement on the reader 's part . |
| 6 | By deserting its past , Labour has misled us about its future . |
| 7 | Although party polemicists ( especially the Tories ) frequently referred to the existence of a fundamental conflict between a Whig monied and a Tory landed interest , recent research has warned us to be cautious of accepting such remarks as an accurate description of social and political realities . |
| 8 | The fat Corporal had accompanied us to Lille station , bought us all a beer , and joined us on the train . |
| 9 | Although we have answered some questions , our work has presented us with many more . |
| 10 | Hello there … this week summer sport has brought us to the south coast to take a look at a sailing revolution that 's being pioneered from the heartland of Central South … we 're going out on the solent to sea test a boat which is reckoned to be the formula one of the water |
| 11 | Before we knew what was happening a guard had ushered us outside the gate and into the milling crowd in the street . |
| 12 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 13 | We had to repossess what fate had handed us on a plate , and the only way to do this was to claim that we had willed it all along . |
| 14 | Council have provided us with a table which shows that the present value of one pound per annum , payable for the next twenty five years , discounted at four point five percent is fourteen point eight two eight two one pounds , unquote . |
| 15 | The ‘ Sinatra/Jagger/Jive Bunny 's Back ’ joke has seen us through many a long winter . |
| 16 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 17 | With you , Mr. Mayor , at the helm , I feel we shall be in no danger of a shipwreck , but I notice you have left nothing to chance , and for safety 's sake have provided us with a lifeboat ’ . |
| 18 | We believe this policy has taken us into ventures which stray from the Corporation 's core activities [ and ] endanger its image . ’ |
| 19 | This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further . |
| 20 | The adoption of a Local Area Network ( LAN ) strategy has provided us with a very flexible base for future computing . |
| 21 | I knew that word … but only that morning had warned us to be quiet whenever was around . |
| 22 | 10 And after he had seen the vision , immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia , assuredly " gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them . |
| 23 | ‘ It tells us just how big a mess the Government has got us into : a £50 billion deficit and very little sign of the promised post-election recovery . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ By pushing the boat out unilaterally , ’ says Weir Group 's Ron Garrick , ‘ the Government has put us at a severe disadvantage compared with our German and American counterparts . |
| 25 | Richard said : ‘ The fierce weather we encountered on the third leg has tested us to our very limits . |
| 26 | In 1348 the king restored the Earl of Lancaster 's title to the Honour and castle of Pontefract , which he had hitherto held on lease from the queen , ‘ having regard to the good service and great honour which our … cousin has done us in Gascony ’ . |
| 27 | Our nightly promenade up and down the road has put us on speaking terms with the whole neighbourhood . |
| 28 | After this , we might fairly expect our journey to have led us to some certainties about the language . |
| 29 | This was a sort of celebration meal , as word had reached us of the successful British attack on Caen . |
| 30 | The people who employ me , the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the government , in the past have called us in the RVH , and now it all depends who they are talking to — if they are talking to the American delegation we are Marxist revolutionaries and if they are talking to other delegations they have branded us as Provos . |