Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] us [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 2 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |
| 3 | In particular , while some things we can do give us great satisfaction , other tasks leave us cold . |
| 4 | Richard we have now conducted some more audits , would you like to give us some feedback ? |
| 5 | Remember that the NCT is about parenting and we 'd be delighted to hear from any fathers who 'd like to give us another viewpoint of parenthood ? |
| 6 | I wanted her to have an abortion because it would have given us more time to get ourselves sorted out and get our life going together before bringing another person into it . |
| 7 | He would have done us such credit . |
| 8 | Er had they got their way every time we put a cheque in or took one out or moved money from one account to another it would have cost us eighty pence , which meant that had anybody paid their their fees to the er and made the cheque payable to us directly , we would have had to bank that cheque and then reissue another cheque er to the appropriate department and that would have cost us one pound sixty , for which we 'd have got nothing . |
| 9 | That was quite a nice dinner you ordered , though you need n't have been quite so Spartan — I 'm glad to see you 've allowed us some sugar with these raspberries — I appreciated your nuance of not having the fish just grilled . |
| 10 | Father Boniface would not refuse to do us this service , if you require it . ’ |