Example sentences of "it [vb -s] us [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It strips us of all the illusions and idolatry of the world , to face our basic personal need . |
| 2 | Unless it starts us down that road fairly quickly , the people of the north-east and the other regions will not want to follow . |
| 3 | The bible forbids the taking of blood but we also believe it protects us against many of the medical problems which exist today |
| 4 | This is not magic , for it introduces us to new relationships of intimacy and friendship , rather than of impersonal power and fantasy . |
| 5 | Apart from anything else , it leads us into several fascinating areas , such as etymology , linguistic fashion , verbal humour , and the expression of gender — the last two being particularly difficult roads to travel along , and where the bones of many an unwary linguist can be found along the way . |
| 6 | It leads us towards inner peace . |
| 7 | There is still a bus and it takes us to that hotel on the port . |
| 8 | Actually the solution to this minor conundrum is not all that difficult , but it takes us through some steps which are not relevant to our main line of discussion , and so we shall postpone it to an endnote to this chapter ( p. 79 ) . |
| 9 | It draws us towards other ignored aspects of existence usually called the psychic , esoteric or occult and suggests a possible connection . |
| 10 | Cleansing , if you like , is the next stage , it 's taking away all trace of the sin , it 's taking away the mark , the residue of the sin , it cleanses us from all sin . |
| 11 | But if you take the , the servicing sections overall , what we should be able to say is that look okay we 're gon na have a delayed kick in of improved productiv because it , productivity cos of new systems that are helping us , whether it moves us from two point six to two point seven to two point eight is arguable , and we wo n't know that for sure until we get there , but we should n't have is deterioration . |
| 12 | ‘ It provides us with more houses , the sale of the land gives us capital receipts and it diversifies our housing stock , ’ he added . |
| 13 | It hits us with that familiar thump of veracity we experience before one of the ‘ dark ’ paintings of Josef Herman , an exiled artist of this century who made his home in Britain and painted the miners of the Welsh valleys . |
| 14 | Some of the 15 year olds might well have been helping underground , but ignoring this , it leaves us with 174 adult underground workers . |
| 15 | ‘ But Tess , what 's the good of you playing at marrying gentlemen , if it leaves us like this ! ’ |
| 16 | One that might be perfectly normal , though it leaves us in complete uncertainty . ’ |