Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tide had now retreated , forcing us to wade through shallow water , kayaks in tow . |
| 2 | got something back from Intercity on the P S work where they 're wa wishing us to predict to certain date what we 're gon na be spending over the next six months . |
| 3 | This is so because the world around us — including the social world — channels our actions , constraining us to act in particular ways . |
| 4 | The iris diaphragm that opens and shuts the pupil prevents us from being dazzled in bright light , while allowing us to see in dim light . |
| 5 | The deictic elements and terms are constantly helping us to sort from possible contexts , helping us to move from symbolic meaning to some kind of reconstructed indexical meaning . |
| 6 | The deictic elements and terms are constantly helping us to sort from possible contexts , helping us to move from symbolic meaning to some kind of reconstructed indexical meaning . |