Example sentences of "[to-vb] us [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild . |
| 2 | This trap is the Devil 's second snare and is the one he sets if he fails to catch us with the first one . |
| 3 | And you 'll be pleased to know that Frank Dobson has agreed to meet us on the fourteenth of June and we will make sure , to the best of our effort , that that policy will be endorsed . |
| 4 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 5 | One of the great regrets , I am sure , of all hon. Members is that because the hon. Gentleman has chosen to leave us at the next election he will never have the opportunity to be a junior Minister . |
| 6 | Stoke boss Lou Macari was more subdued as he admitted : ‘ It needed a little spark of magic up front to get us into the next round , but we did n't have that spark tonight . ’ |
| 7 | European Tour , did their best to try to get us to the 1st tee . |
| 8 | ‘ We have n't got the money to go out and buy the clothes , ’ Guy states , ‘ to take us to the next stage of achievement . |
| 9 | The Vice-Chairman was unable to fill the vacant position so an interim administration was formed to take us to the next assembly . |
| 10 | Our President has covered one or two major issues that concern us now and which will continue to concern us over the next few years . |
| 11 | Life has changed radically since then and fresh thought is necessary to carry us into the 21st century . |
| 12 | So we have four , five six , seven , eight , nine we have n't even got enough to see us through the next twelve months . |
| 13 | He wanted to bring us into the twenty-first century . |
| 14 | Helen do you want to tell us about the next stage ? |
| 15 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |