Example sentences of "of us [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I am suggesting an arrangement which I believe might bring both of us a great deal of pleasure . |
2 | Christmas is for most of us a magical moment in the year when we gather with our families , sing familiar carols and see the delight in the eyes of the children as they open their stockings and presents . |
3 | It was for both of us a temporary refuge from a reality which was n't giving either of us much joy . |
4 | First he would give each of us a whole penny ( for ice-cream at the terminus ) . |
5 | I suppose that makes the rest of us a little bonkers . |
6 | One standing at the entrance gave each one of us a little push at the right moment for the walk across in front of the platform to another gentleman standing in the middle . |
7 | I bet i , I mean I bet he 's the sort of cyclist and car driver that gives the rest of us a fucking bad name ! |
8 | Wilkerson bent down and handed each one of us a big ice cream carton . |
9 | There is , however , deep within all of us a natural ability to find pattern in random form , as demonstrated by the Rorschach ink-blot test , and research by Philip Reeder suggests that certain forms on the map tend to be picked out consistently as zodiac material . |
10 | For most of us the intervening year has added another milestone to the many we have already passed . |
11 | Many people find it hard to counter the argument of ‘ people before buildings ’ that the Church puts forward , even though for most of us the visible presence of a church — whether still in religious use or not — is an important and reassuring symbol of faith to all who pass by . |
12 | To a number of us the crucial omission was any help for industry , which was going through an appalling time . |
13 | An African nationalist commented to some of us the other day , ‘ When we take over , we may get rid of a lot of white people — but we want Don and Penny to stay . ’ |
14 | For most of us the mental picture of an experiment goes back to school laboratories . |
15 | We have already looked at some aspects of what makes each one of us the distinctive , uniquely individual people that we are . |
16 | Ahead of us the tall pines that stretch out across the frozen plain of Estonia distinguished themselves from the snow-coated sky and earth . |
17 | We wended our way home , glowing with triumph ( and blood pressure ! ) , each of us the proud possessor of a plastic , imitation silver , trophy . |
18 | For most of us the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the hardest challenges in a sport where yesterday was a long time ago . |
19 | Many professional travellers say that there is nowhere left to travel , but for most of us the old maxim that anywhere is new if you have not been there before , is true , and there are plenty of places left to escape to . |
20 | ‘ For many of us the natural beauty of much of Dyfed 's countryside remains undisputed , though few people nowadays accept that this will always be so , regardless of economic or other pressures , ’ said Mr Bown . |
21 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |