Example sentences of "[to-vb] us [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And that will mean resisting those tempting offers from lenders designed to encourage us to take on more debt by making the initial costs appear cheaper , but which store up trouble for the future . |
2 | ‘ I would n't like the Boss to hear us talking like this , ’ added Bodie . |
3 | We are the champions and people are entitled to expect us to play as such . |
4 | In so far as there is surveillance of us , we tend to feel it is largely intended for our own good , to avoid us getting into difficult situations , etc … |
5 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
6 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
7 | As there are so many potential areas , we need your help to let us know of any faults or hazards you see . |
8 | J actually expends energy on caring about not caring in a ( non ) attempt to kid us nothing' at all bothers him into action , no sir . |
9 | The body is a machine — an extremely powerful machine too — pounding away day and night to keep us going in top gear , and capable of withstanding serious damage . |
10 | Does he get to watch us screw for that ? ’ |
11 | The dark children , swimming from the banks , stopped their play to watch us pass in shy silence . |
12 | to allow us to deal with these issues . |
13 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
14 | Eva made no effort to have us talk to each other , Shadwell and I ; in fact I felt she wanted to discourage conversation . |
15 | It 's meant a lot to me to have us talk like this . ’ |
16 | At six p.m. we would call Mr Singh to take us to swim in one of the hotel pools or maybe to wander among the old tombs in the Lodhi Gardens ; as we passed , black bats would flit through the ruins like departed spirits . |
17 | But it is nowhere near enough to enable us to do without cumulative selection altogether . |
18 | Arithmeticians fail to see that the function of numerical symbols and signs is to enable us to deal in general ways with groups of particular sensible things . |
19 | This second special resolution is designed to enable us to comply with that requirement of the Financial Services Act . |
20 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |
21 | This is the body 's sudden and natural response to prepare us to cope with sudden threat . |