Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] us [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
| 2 | Although we have answered some questions , our work has presented us with many more . |
| 3 | The ‘ Sinatra/Jagger/Jive Bunny 's Back ’ joke has seen us through many a long winter . |
| 4 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 5 | Mozart has shown us on many occasions in his scores how delightful a melodic phrase can sound when given to bassoon and flute at two octaves distance . |
| 6 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 7 | The collapse of Marxism-Leninism has brought us to that ‘ absolute moment ’ which marks the end of humanity 's long journey through the night of political confusion and abortive social and economic experiment . |
| 8 | This , admittedly , is a hard saying , and may well stir a first inkling that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the approach which has brought us to this point . |
| 9 | It is difficult and must remain that way because history has left us with this difficulty . |
| 10 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 11 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 12 | No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape . |
| 13 | If Councillor wants to go and get a G B H haircut it tends to confuse us on this side of the er as to exactly what we are debating . |
| 14 | On Saturday afternoon , our faithful guide and interpreter Comrade Wong , together with another comrade who mysteriously seems to accompany us on such occasions ( Comrade Sun ) took us by car to the Friendship Store which is an emporium for the exclusive use of ‘ foreign friends ’ . |
| 15 | And the immune system normally functions to protect us in this way , and is regulated in such a manner that it does not attack bits of oneself , but only legitimate foreign targets , and thereby is our ally . |
| 16 | If this sounds a strange gospel coming from a theologian , let me say immediately that there is so much in the Bible about the awfulness , the cruelty and the unfaithfulness of human kind that we may be sometimes justified in wondering why God continues to love us at all . |
| 17 | In terms of its effect on the overall festival it certainly was a major underpinning for us because our investment was high , so it does leave us with some problems financially . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , of course , Flick has been going it lately — her letters have been awfully scrappy , but she 's told us about all the dancing and bridge , and that Russian prince with the name like a hiccup who takes her all over the place . |
| 19 | Well I suppose it has in a sense , yes , it 's enabled us to both confront the fact that that I 'm not all knowing and that I 'm not all powerful , which I mean was because my children , as I say , are still quite young , which is something new for them , I suppose , as well as something new for me . |
| 20 | And that 's left us in some er , difficulties frankly , because one of the things that er , the C E C was recommending , that work of a strategic nature , which at the moment is undertaken by industrial conferences should be moved over to be dealt with by section conferences and that meant that a number of industrial conferences need not meet any longer , so we would avoid the duplication , the overlap and the waste . |