Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I know what I Know what it 's cost us for that weekend .
2 Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go .
3 It 's a terrible , damaging thing , and it 's destroying us as people .
4 It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’
5 And if the State denies us that right of individual choice then , although it might shower us with gifts , it is robbing us of our deepest , profoundest freedom , that upon which all other freedoms depend , and so the State , any State , which denies God 's ultimate gift must be opposed . ’
6 Whereas identification of an E may quite easily be aided by the introduction of a P actually applicable to a different E , to claim completeness of an E and a P when the latter neither helps to identify the former nor is applicable to it is to leave us with a construction which does nothing coherent at all .
7 It is staring us in the face .
8 In other words , it was costing us about a pound an hour in water .
9 For myself , I remember going home after the AGM at which the idea to start the new church was first announced , wondering if it was to involve us in leadership .
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