Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 2 | So it 's normally thought that within the utilitarian tradition , voters are required to vote their interests and then the democratic procedure tells us where the general happiness lies roughly speaking . |
| 3 | The lifestyles in The Swimming Pool Library do not represent the entirety of the gay scene , but by locating the gay male scene so firmly within the traditional English class structure , Hollinghurst reminds us why the gay scene alone is not enough . |
| 4 | Diffuse X-ray diffraction , by contrast , gives us only the local arrangement about the average atom . |
| 5 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |