Example sentences of "[vb infin] us [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition . |
| 2 | This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean . |
| 3 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 4 | The European Commission have agreed an action programme that will take us into the next century and this is despite the attitude of the present U K government . |
| 5 | erm the the order which one , one I concern , maybe we can discuss if to , if , if the defendants were prepared to undertake to erm provide any as to instruct within twenty eight days from today , the matter should be list on and this convention on a Friday , Friday in about two or two and a half month 's time from now , which will take us in the next term , I , I beg a suggestion |
| 6 | We have got the right Prime Minister and he must lead us into the next election . ’ |
| 7 | And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude . |
| 8 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 9 | Here too there are suppressed assumptions about the proper methods of science which will concern us in the next chapter . |
| 10 | We are unlikely to reach any definite agreement , but the debates will strengthen us for the next time , and weaken the impact of tangential arguments about policy presentation . |