Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Johnson utters statesmanly reflections , Boswell lets us see the small events — ‘ we dismounted ’ — and then captures the detail of their arrival , their welcome by Lady Macleod ( the laird 's mother , not his wife ) . |
| 2 | But in either case , in studies using light microscopy , scanning electron microscopy ( which reveals surface details ) , or transmission electron microscopy ( which lets us see the basal epidermal layer ) , we do not find lamellipodia at the epidermal wound front in either the basal or the peridermal layer . |
| 3 | Visual information helps us interpret the audio signals we receive by reinforcing them with additional clues : a beckoning finger reinforces the words " Come here " ; at the same time the expression on the face of the beckoner can give us a clue as to the nature of the summons . |
| 4 | It also helps us understand the ethnocentric and ruling-class view of much conservative criminology . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is the distinctiveness of this particular anatomical colour that makes us forget the pure white quartzites that also occur at this level , even in our own Midlands ( as the Stiperstones Quartzite of west Shropshire ) . |