Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] us [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former President Bush indicated America 's readiness to offer US military lift , logistics , communications and intelligence capabilities to support peace-keeping operations . |
| 2 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 3 | The mine was a product of the Soviet Union 's race to match US nuclear capability after Hiroshima in 1945 . |
| 4 | When a neighbour 's dog visited us one day , the other two cats ran away immediately . |
| 5 | So our having the tape-recorder is affecting the quality of Mrs Padmore 's life — which , however , has an indirect effect on the quality of our life , given the I think not unreasonable premise that an improvement in the quality of someone else 's life offers us some kind of pleasure or satisfaction , or at any rate spares us discomfort or guilt ; though whether this is what I had in mind when I borrowed the tape-recorder this morning I think unlikely . |
| 6 | The people 's radio told us more real news , but these days we were too afraid to listen to Colonel Stephens . |
| 7 | Is it part of the Government 's duty to advise us all on what we should eat ? |
| 8 | Schoendoerffer 's commentary informs us that of the 33 men in the platoon , all but five are draftees whose two years ' military service include one in Vietnam . |
| 9 | But Jesus ' teaching shows us that repentance is God 's joy . |