Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Jesus , she 's driving us up the wall . |
| 2 | Juan quickly established that Avila was nowhere near the rescue base ( had we followed the consul 's directions we would have ended up three hours away ) and within an hour he was driving us into the heart of the Sierra de Gredos . |
| 3 | Driving us to the wall |
| 4 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 5 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 6 | Why is it that some general secretaries of certain unions are pushing us down the path of severing our links ? |
| 7 | We may seek out partners incapable of loving us in the way we need so as to experience again the brief hope that this time it will be all right or as Lisa Minelli sang in the film Cabaret , ‘ This time I 'll be lucky ’ , before the pain sweeps in again to overwhelm us . |
| 8 | Draping an arm about Seb 's shoulders , Noah said , ‘ Thank you for warning us of the magistrate 's approach , Seb . |
| 9 | I suppose someone could have come from Royston , perhaps leaving after us but passing us in the mist to plan their ambush … ’ |
| 10 | It 's a privilege and an honour for me to thank him , on your behalf , for coming here tonight and addressing us in the way he has . |
| 11 | Such childish poeticizing is reinforced , in directing us to the level of the infant , by the ‘ penny for the Old Guy ’ epigraph , by the dressing up as a scarecrow , and by the nursery rhyme , ‘ Twinkle twinkle little star ’ , which inescapably underlies the line ‘ Under the twinkle of a fading star ’ . |
| 12 | Thus , a use of eloquent formal language , a confident employment of a literary heritage , and a preoccupation with either metaphysical themes or the large issues of state of especial interest to those in the governing classes are normally upheld as critical sign-posts directing us to the period 's ‘ greatest ’ writing . |
| 13 | Surrounding us on the beach were a large number of French civilians who had come down to the beach to look at the British Tommies . |
| 14 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 15 | Turner 's painting of Hardraw Scar shows a vast rocky amphitheatre with a torrent gushing over the lip of the furthest wall , while leading us into the scene there is a wide , almost treeless valley , with cows grazing on its slopes and a milkmaid perched on a dry-stone wall ill the foreground . |
| 16 | James laughed , ‘ Look at them , Angus , look at the people , they are rampant now , this is better than ‘ Forty-five , nobody is dying , no royal fop is leading us into the bog . |
| 17 | They are leading us in the direction of a central truth about life on Earth , the truth that I alluded to in my opening paragraph about willow seeds . |
| 18 | He goes on to say ‘ In presenting us with the award for Lafayette , the judges believe that the new range has outstanding sales potential . |
| 19 | Archaeology is the principal source of data for informing us about the manner in which these changes took place , and how man adapted-to the revolutionary changes occurring in society . |
| 20 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
| 21 | Or is he secretly selling us to the South ? |
| 22 | if they come for a win , itll be a win gained from getting us on the break . |
| 23 | ‘ My task now is to repay that faith by getting us off the bottom of the league . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Agnes asked herself , and she thought : When we thrust out into the world just as we are , we first have to identify with that particular throw of the dice , with that accident organized by the divine computer : to get over our surprise that precisely this ( what we see facing us in the mirror ) is our self . |
| 26 | One of the most important questions facing us in the field of procedural protection is whether we are prepared to think more broadly about what procedural protection connotes . |
| 27 | We were well aware of the problems facing us in the future , and the pressing need was for more and more information about the operations of the big smuggling syndicates . |
| 28 | They 'll be expecting us in the house . ’ |
| 29 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
| 30 | I commiserate with my hon. Friend on his misfortune this evening , in finding himself inadvertently supporting us in the Lobby . |