Example sentences of "us [prep] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terence Maule declined to talk to us about the matter other than to say he was aware the Allisses were taking action . |
| 2 | Terence Maule declined to talk to us about the matter other than to say he was aware the Allisses were taking action . |
| 3 | There are also two paths , d and e , in figure 13.7 which represent the other unspecified causes ; all variables in a model which have causal paths leading to them must also have arrows reminding us of the proportion unpredicted by the model . |
| 4 | It 's very friendly And it followed us into the lane several times and then we 'd chase it back |
| 5 | The Conservatives , Winston Churchill predicted , with rather more prescience than Asquith , would not ‘ act as bottle holders to those who kicked us into the street three months ago and deliberately erected this Socialist monstrosity ’ . |
| 6 | ( It is also relevant to Athenian fears that , as Livy tells us under the year 431 , Carthage now encroached in Sicily for the first time , iv.29.8 with R. M. Ogilvie ( 1965 ) Commentary on Livy i-v , Oxford . ) |
| 7 | My view has always been , and still is , that the extension of the RMI will still be with us in the year 2000 . |
| 8 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 9 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
| 11 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
| 12 | Mr that you very much indeed for joining us on the programme this morning . |
| 13 | Frank thank you very much indeed for joining us on the programme this morning . |
| 14 | Okay Alan , well thanks very much for joining us on the programme this afternoon |
| 15 | It 's ten minutes past nine and joining us on the line this morning is er Judy in York good morning Judy . |
| 16 | Your request will be passed on by us to the supplier concerned but we do not guarantee that your requirements will be met . |
| 17 | This brings us to the question central to the understanding of Queen Mary : the nature of Scottish monarchy , and the factors which made the relationship between kings and their subjects successful or unsuccessful . |
| 18 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 19 | This brief discussion of the differential positioning of Black women as spectators returns us to the Channel 4 debate which I mentioned in my introduction . |