Example sentences of "who [verb] us [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view of the incorporation of natural science into the school curriculum is taken by David Layton , who offers us a valuable account of this process of ‘ accommodation ’ in the late nineteenth century , complementary to his earlier study of the demise of ‘ the science of common things ’ . |
| 2 | From suppliers of the largest heavy plant , to those who sell us the smallest washer ! |
| 3 | At the German border we were helped by a German trucker who got us the required stamps . |
| 4 | It was on those lonely walks that he had first had intimations of an essentially adult truth , that it is those who most love us who cause us the most pain . |
| 5 | We went out to breakfast with Mr Robinson , a pleasant but prosy old gentleman who told us a complicated tale of a bust of Wieland , retrieved by himself from unworthy oblivion , to the great delight of Goethe and other literary eminences . |
| 6 | The officer who handed us the unofficial communique was risking his neck by taking a public stance against racism amongst his colleagues . |
| 7 | What I would like to do now is to reintroduce Phill who addressed us a little bit earlier this morning who 's going to tell us a little bit more about enterprise client server solutions . |
| 8 | We contacted Dr. Ford , who sent us the following reply : |
| 9 | The people who brought us the old-school Arkwright football shirts are now bringing us Subbuteo merchandise complete with the classic Subbuteo falcon logo . |
| 10 | Made by the Japanese firm of Saga ( the same people who brought us the Lowden-esque Trameleuc acoustics , plus reissues of Maccaferri gypsy jazz guitars and Regal wooden-bodied resophonics ) these new acoustics sell under the name of O.C. Smith and promise an interesting combination of European but strongly American-influenced design , together with Japanese efficiency and affordability . |
| 11 | For the first meeting of our 1990-91 winter programme our invited speaker was Mr Michael Parker of ‘ Centro ’ , the West Midlands Transport Executive , who gave us a fascinating insight into the planning , routes and probable operation of the intended West Midlands light rail system . |
| 12 | , writes : LIKE the duck that warned of air raids in Germany , we had a Manchester terrier who gave us a similar warning . |
| 13 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 14 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 15 | And there 's Transvision Vamp , a chink in that chimera ‘ the new glam ’ , who offer us the usual tenth-hand situationism , trash reappropriation of spectacular signs ( guns , stars and stripes , peroxide , Warhol ) , proposing ‘ cinepop ’ ( that old ‘ 81 line about multi-media infiltration ) and posturing as corporate buccaneers . |
| 16 | If we feel that someone has a high opinion of us we tend to want to live up to it , but few of us bother to make much effort with anyone we know who gives us a low rating , and this is very much the case between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law . |
| 17 | It is Erasmus who gives us an interesting picture of the ordinary people 's homes , and he comments on the custom of covering the floors with rushes . |
| 18 | But the man who gives us the clearest picture of the link between the Spirit and evangelism is St. Luke in his two volume work . |
| 19 | It is God as Spirit who brings us the intimate presence of God to us , enabling us to be friends of God . |