Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So while I take your point that you are prepared to give us all the information we seek , may I reserve the right to interrupt when it is absolutely necessary to do so ? |
| 2 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
| 3 | ‘ But Teams who used to come here expecting to win are happy to contain us these days , and that 's a huge compliment to Norwich . ’ |
| 4 | We shall fail to get the best out of the European Community , because our leaders will continue to be afraid to tell us that shared success in the Community means sharing sovereignty too . |
| 5 | They might be able to give us some ideas on the weapon . ’ |
| 6 | Oh you 're , you 're h you 're you 'll , you 'll , you 'll be able to give us some tips then |
| 7 | Once the report is ready for distribution I hope Planning and Co-ordination will be able to give us some assistance as you did with the first plan . |
| 8 | The Minister , who has access to more information than I have and who is ably supported by his civil servants , may be able to give us more news on that front this morning . |
| 9 | It is in fact the privilege of dramatic poetry to be able to show us several planes of reality at once . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We hoped you 'd be able to tell us that , ’ said Burden . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm hoping you 'll be able to tell us that . ’ |
| 12 | I hope that the Minister will be able to tell us that more recent studies show that the number of suspicions , as a percentage of the population , has been dramatically reduced and that the detection rate has been much better . |
| 13 | As we made our way through 1944 the advancing Allied forces were able to give us more room — by that I mean there was more Allied occupied ( and therefore less hostile ) territory for us to fly over in order to get to our targets . |
| 14 | The Dyfed Wildlife Trust people were keen to show us more . |
| 15 | She is able to tell us more because she refuses to stand still . |
| 16 | What 's wrong with a bit of shit stirring it is certain to get us some inch space ? |
| 17 | The Fontanellatesi had a good sense of humour , which helped us to keep up our morale ; one rather large , well-educated lady called Fiora Gandini was able to make us all laugh . |
| 18 | " Drewy " Leask , one of our local customs staff , same with us as local pilot , and very glad I was to have him on board as he was able to show us many remote anchorages and isolated harbours that I would never otherwise have dared approach . |
| 19 | The £62 million set aside to cover exceptional costs — as explained at the conference this was necessary to make us more competitive in the marketplace and included costs associated with restructuring our workforce and renewing our infrastructure . |