Example sentences of "[v-ing] us in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I suppose someone could have come from Royston , perhaps leaving after us but passing us in the mist to plan their ambush … ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They 'll be expecting us in the house . ’ |
| 9 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
| 10 | I commiserate with my hon. Friend on his misfortune this evening , in finding himself inadvertently supporting us in the Lobby . |
| 11 | Erm , but I personally think there 's a lot of other things that the doctors could be offering , er , pointing us in the direction of er relaxation techniques and , all sorts of things . |
| 12 | It is staring us in the face . |
| 13 | With those facts staring us in the face , it was monstrous and absurd to propose to sink a large outlay of money in the purchase of ground in this neighbourhood , and in the erection of new Government buildings . |
| 14 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
| 15 | ‘ The need to intern is staring us in the face , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
| 18 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |
| 19 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |
| 20 | Actually , as R. A. Fisher , one of the founding fathers of what is now called neo-Darwinism , has pointed out , this fact of particulate inheritance has always been staring us in the face , every time we think about sex . |
| 21 | If we 're not careful they 'll be demanding single table bargaining and they 'll be then putting us in the minority in local authorities and we 're gon na see this union under tremendous offensive as a quarter of our membership in local authorities , so we need to get our act together and get on top of this now . |
| 22 | The Messiah has done for us what we could never do in putting us in the right with God ; and the gift of his Spirit releases us from the need to try to justify ourselves . |
| 23 | Two boys arrive after spotting us in the distance . |
| 24 | Sergeant-Major Barlerin left the following day for Orange , leaving us in the charge of Sergeant-Chef Gibeau for the weekend . |
| 25 | They 'll be teasing us in the club mother wo n't they ? |