Example sentences of "have [verb] us of " in BNC.

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1 Or is it the picture God has given us of himself ?
2 Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own .
3 Greenstein has reminded us of Marshall McLuhan 's distinction between " hot " and " cool " media , " hot " media presenting a complete pattern of stimuli , " cool " presenting an incomplete pattern and therefore requiring greater processing and hence a higher level of engagement on the reader 's part .
4 When a placement does run into problems , Catherine Macaskill ( 1985b ) has warned us of the dangers of thinking that adoption will solve the problems :
5 Your sister-in-law , Mrs Abberley , has informed us of your recent contact with her daughter 's kidnappers . ’
6 A villainous raid upon the Stockade where the men do lie and even upon ourselves where we dwell at Belmont would have robbed us of all we have assured thus far by the Grace of God .
7 Burke , said Patten , had reminded us of our duties as trustees for the nation , of its traditions , its values and its riches .
8 Last Sunday I sat in a cold room with my daughter , the two of us reviling the malign fate which had robbed us of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , our weekly TV fix .
9 Werner Meyer had told us of a pool about five miles from the Rante , known only to the Toraja , where " sacred eels " were occasionally " called forth " by the Tominahs to accept blessed offerings of rice .
10 ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine .
11 This was a sort of celebration meal , as word had reached us of the successful British attack on Caen .
12 And I said , You flat out there avoiding it so he said erm you 've accuse us of erm taking slates out at night .
13 ‘ Gabriel 's told us of yourself and your daughter . ’
14 You have told us of your reactions to those forces in your paintings and your writing .
15 ‘ In recent weeks , businesses large and small have told us of their fundamental worries both about their immediate problems of the cost of finance and their treatment by the banks .
16 ‘ People who have called have told us of going into deep trances . ’
17 Some governing bodies may consider that their needs at both levels presently are satisfied or that they have advised us of their requirements .
18 The leadership that the T U C have starved us of for over ten years .
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