Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the basic activity in ( 2 ) is painting the general ; but the sentence tells us more specifically that it is an activity carried out in a way that envisages the general as seated . |
| 2 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 3 | The buyer tells us that bright colours are not sold because sales estimates are low . |
| 4 | The Guidance tells us that " minor shortcomings in health care or minor deficits in physical , psychological or social development " should not justify proceedings unless they are having , or are likely to have , " serious and lasting effects on the child " ( para 3.21 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Shareen , you 're very much part of the er , the attempt to help us all use alcohol a little bit more sensibly , what , what , what is this strategy ? |
| 7 | Being able to anticipate the demands of the future makes us less vulnerable to stress . |
| 8 | But the episode tells us more than perhaps Adam of Eynsham intended . |
| 9 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
| 10 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
| 11 | I mean , what 's she supposed to do if it goes off — waddle round the village telling us all to duck ? |
| 12 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
| 13 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 14 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 15 | Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean . |
| 16 | Prints on the wall remind us that art was once appreciated here . |
| 17 | Now we , we , the title tells us that 's in Cornwall , it does n't really matter where it is but erm just a hint of the sea , a , a super place to live I should think there . |
| 18 | Why had the Revolution given us all so little when we had sacrificed everything for it ? ’ |
| 19 | The success of the day surprised us both . |
| 20 | All the same , I feel that the myth-making tells us more about Hughes than about Shakespeare . |
| 21 | It did not really matter who we were or where we had come from ; the fountain united us all in a common purpose and that was enough . |
| 22 | The guide gives us some brief paddling instructions and then we 're off , hurtling furiously downstream . |
| 23 | A few days beforehand , Jack Cornelius suggested a jaunt into the countryside to cheer us all up . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 25 | But however low he is brought , the urgent forward and upward drive of the writing gives us such moments as stages on the way to eventual triumph . |
| 26 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
| 27 | Help the candidate to help us both match the person to the job and vice versa ? |
| 28 | ‘ The government tell us all the nice things that are happening in Britain and yet all the indicators show us that this is not the case . |
| 29 | And if the State denies us that right of individual choice then , although it might shower us with gifts , it is robbing us of our deepest , profoundest freedom , that upon which all other freedoms depend , and so the State , any State , which denies God 's ultimate gift must be opposed . ’ |
| 30 | He also uses personification rather a lot throughout the novel to give us more of an idea of what he was experiencing . |