Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] us [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 2 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 3 | Er , if they say that er , they should be er , a balance or reserve put in by constituent authorities then we will have the money available to do that , if we did n't then they may have frozen the reserves that are already there and asked us to put some more money in as well . |
| 4 | The Sergeant stood fifty yards away from us and made us repeat those two lines again and again until our voices were hoarse ; as our singing got worse , he became more and more frustrated and threw stones at us . |
| 5 | Our grateful thanks go to all who participated in any way and helped us to have such an enjoyable and satisfying evening . |
| 6 | And let us help each other get this thing into perspective or it 's going to ruin our collaboration . ’ |
| 7 | While Davidge could not at that time be more specific , he observed , ‘ the appointment of Sir Anthony is intended to stimulate discussion and to help us rexamine all existing and potential services ’ . |
| 8 | Thus the typical people criminally victimizing and forcing us to fear each other and fracture our sense of ‘ community ’ are young uneducated males , who are often unemployed , live in a working-class impoverished neighbourhood ; and frequently belong to an ethnic minority . |
| 9 | The objective was to put BP onto a ‘ sustainable ’ base — in essence , cash generated from operations should cover the dividend , permit sufficient capital spending to maintain the group 's value and allow us to meet all our other financial obligations without recourse to increased borrowing . |
| 10 | When parents or teachers mock our desire to become a deep-sea diver , an opera singer or a portrait artist , and encourage us to have more ‘ sensible ’ ambitions — perhaps to become a nurse , bank clerk or accountant — we obediently wrap up our fantasies with a label which reads ‘ This is an impossible dream ’ , and so fail to take any steps to make those dreams come true . |
| 11 | Lacan offers us a new conception both of science and of truth , and asks us to abandon many of the procedures for verification or falsification on which the credibility of scientific enquiry traditionally rests . |
| 12 | Christine is continuing her collection and asks us to tell all knitters in the Crewe/Stoke-on-Trent area that two wool shops near you have offered to collect full or part cones in good , clean condition . |
| 13 | A more accurate way of conveying the thought that men exist or that dragons are fictional would be by saying " For some ( at least one ) x , x is a man " and " Nothing is a dragon " ; employing expressions , that is , that correspond to what logicians call , " quantifiers " , and enable us to dispel any lingering illusion that existential propositions might have a subject/predicate structure . |
| 14 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 15 | It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates . |
| 16 | Almighty God , our heavenly Father , infinite in wisdom , love and power : have compassion on those for whom we pray ; and help us to use all suffering in the cause of your kingdom , through him who gave himself for us on the cross , Jesus Christ , Your Son and our Lord , |
| 17 | ‘ We would ask them to come forward and help us solve this terrible killing . ’ |
| 18 | ( perhaps one should say that as such a psychological statement it would express my awareness that I have the belief rather than my belief that I have the belief , since belief is not quite the right word in this context , but let us leave such qualifications to be understood . ) |
| 19 | The mathematics of the equilibrium are still by no means certain , but let us pass that problem by , to consider an experimental test of the theory . |
| 20 | But let us examine this definition itself more closely . |
| 21 | Again , from our vantage point , we know that each is suited to a particular kind of flight and life style ; but let us ignore that fact , and continue with the primitive analysis . |
| 22 | But let us regard that stage as over , there was a gesture to be made , and you have made it , and I am grateful ! |
| 23 | It is not an easy colour to describe , but let us assume that , say , a carpet the colour of red hair would be described as light reddish-brown . |
| 24 | But let us take another view of this perfectionism that Karajan is accused of , with another quotation : |