Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 32 | He would tell us about his love affairs and things what he did . |
| 33 | Harmless in himself — we thought — he would lead us to the dangerous ones if there were any . |
| 34 | I do not now deny that I hoped he would lead us to him . |
| 35 | Now I 'm sure the minister , councillor would like us to be more efficient and he would like us to be more responsive to tenants needs so let's do what the minister ask would like us to do and vote against this conservative amendment . |
| 36 | He would call us by candlelight and in the dawn take us round his wood after rabbits . |
| 37 | And Ward had said it was all fixed , he would join us on Isvik and navigate us to within sledging distance of the trapped vessel . |
| 38 | At the end of the evening Surkov was surrounded by a group of admirers soliciting autographs , and he shouted at us to go on back to the hotel , he would join us in a while . |
| 39 | Then Elaine said , ‘ Do you remember we used to go out with Mama and buy Father 's cigars , and then go out with Father — he would take us into Newcastle and we would get Mama 's perfume . |
| 40 | A man was unfurling a sail on one of the feluccas , and we ran along the bank and asked him if he would take us across the river . |
| 41 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |
| 42 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 43 | He has fought for Serbia in Croatia and he will protect us from genocide . ’ |
| 44 | We talk about London and Grand Isle , and all the while I am praying that he will ask us on his boat . |
| 45 | ‘ If there is a god who is able to save us from the blazing furnace , it is our God whom we serve , and he will save us from your power , O king ; but if not , be it known to your majesty that we will neither serve your god nor worship the golden image that you have set up . ’ |
| 46 | I imagine he is impressed and that he will invite us for a coffee after , but when I look again he is gone . |
| 47 | Such a view is of course anachronistic , but this is exactly the attraction of Gironella 's reworkings — he can present us with shifting visions of the art of the past , from within and from without , exploiting contrary responses , period eye and innocent eye . |
| 48 | I must never forget that He can influence us to right interpretation and thinking and even to some inspired initiative of love . |
| 49 | He can advise us on the best brochure layouts , promotional photography , video or slide presentation — the whole package . |
| 50 | As for the laird — ’ he looked round with a quick black glint , ‘ he can lead us by the nose . ’ |
| 51 | the other thing we might do is erm is a at the film council and see if he can help us with , I mean it is a film after all whether he 's got er particular contacts |
| 52 | ‘ Why not , if he can provide us with the answer . ’ |
| 53 | He can introduce us to some American girls and boys who spoke up about what they noticed and liked . |