Example sentences of "[to-vb] we [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His comic-opera face contorted , his moustache drooped and he gripped his rifle with both hands to motion us to open the back of the vehicle . |
| 2 | The result is to cause us to love the theatre : ‘ the play recuperates and intensifies our need for these ceremonies , even though we do not believe in them , and performs them , carefully marked out for us as frauds , for our continued consumption ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ As I 've said before , it 's not really realistic to expect us to win the league but the others have to try to catch us first . |
| 4 | Roy Parker closes the book by reiterating the case for research : stressing that its ultimate purpose must be to help us to improve the quality of life of children generally and of some of the most disadvantaged in particular . |
| 5 | Now is the time for tonics to help us forget the pain and step out on the road to recovery . |
| 6 | They have been campaigning hard in their Sigma 38 Red Arrow and in their chartered Castro two tonner Oracle Arrow , but John Best has wisely imported professional sailors , as he puts it : ‘ to help us make the jump from weekend sailing to the big league ’ . |
| 7 | Friends come in to help us gather the crop and press the grapes . |
| 8 | There are several newcomers to help us celebrate the mingling of what is creative and what is spiritual . |
| 9 | Credit scoring involves the analysis of information provided by you ( e.g. about your employment and residential status ) to help us assess the risk in lending to you . |
| 10 | The sacrifices themselves have disappeared , but they go far to help us understand the meaning of the cross , the sacrifice of Jesus Christ . |
| 11 | My position will be not only that the model of perfect competition fails to help us understand the market process , but that the models of imperfect competition developed to replace it are little more helpful . |
| 12 | Having a film to show is vital to help us get the message across , ’ said Mrs Woolley . |
| 13 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 14 | Some const constructive criticisms to help us rationalize the college visits . |
| 15 | In this discussion , however , we have found it necessary to turn to ‘ real-time ’ evidence ( Patterson , 1860 ; Staples , 1898 ) in order to help us to locate the direction of change . |
| 16 | Any attempt to help us overcome the weakness we may feel when encountering conflict must allow for this fundamental element in conflict management . |
| 17 | John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit . |
| 18 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 19 | We are now buying ourselves white sticks that we do n't really need to help us cross the road . |
| 20 | You 've got to help us keep the garden a secret . ’ |
| 21 | So in an effort to find out whether are blind , or they 're just weird , we asked a member of a party of visitors from Tokyo , Miss Takishima , to be kind enough to let us process the film in her camera . |
| 22 | It took six months for us to talk the owner into agreeing to let us rent the place . |
| 23 | US fast food outlets like Wendy 's ( a burger chain ) and Denny 's ( a regular ‘ diner ’ in the true sense of the word ) , were quite happy to let us charge the GRiD as we ate out food ! |
| 24 | And when we prevailed on the prior to let us raise the stone , this is what we found . ’ |
| 25 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 26 | The fact that our captors were confident and considerate enough to let us have the radio was almost as encouraging as the news we could at last listen to after two years of silence . |
| 27 | A sympathetic local media helped us harass and embarrass the silly burghers as they repeatedly refused to let us use the Assembly Rooms . |
| 28 | said : ‘ Our main objective is to ensure we retain the business achieved by ICI when it is transferred on to Courtaulds Aerospace sites or on to a Courtaulds Aerospace product . |
| 29 | The cameraman then came on board and we left the quay ; we returned and he transferred to a motor boat to film us leaving the quay . |
| 30 | B T say the same , that for twenty years the firm was in deficit and both managements put in much more than the Trust Deed says to keep us to keep the fund afloat . |