Example sentences of "it [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ozone layer is located at an average height of 12 kilometres above the earth 's surface an it screens us from 99% of the harmful ultra-violet radiation coming from the sun . |
| 2 | It passed us at Gibraltar . |
| 3 | it points us towards the reasons for visiting ancient sites : each has its own unique atmosphere which we can literally take into our very being . |
| 4 | Moreover , it alerts us to the fact that short-sighted tactics may thwart the overall strategy . |
| 5 | What we require is a formulation of that universal imperative to take into account in choices which imposes its authority whenever something is recognized to exist , whenever it confronts us as not illusory but real . |
| 6 | It is also shocking because it confronts us with her body , an old woman 's body with cancer , only touched when it is being cut or hit . |
| 7 | As partners at Middlesex we tried to steal Test matches off each other when England were only playing one spinner , and it made us into better bowlers . |
| 8 | The decision we made was careful , it involved us in much work , and it was , in the event , I think , a seriously mistaken decision . |
| 9 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 10 | It behoves us to be sceptical , then , about Victorian genealogical status symbols ; frequently there is an inverse proportion between the degree of pomp and the humble nature of the ancestry . |
| 11 | It strips us of all the illusions and idolatry of the world , to face our basic personal need . |
| 12 | Unless it starts us down that road fairly quickly , the people of the north-east and the other regions will not want to follow . |
| 13 | Erm as Eddie 's sent this thing here , this minus seventy pound nett , that is the nett difference that is the cost erm of what it cost us to actually hire the nets less the one pound fifty er per person , er per session that was paid , so that is the nett difference because we come there . |
| 14 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 15 | This is a great development because it allows us to accurately get information about where fish are and so work out a basic picture of the river environment . |
| 16 | We all do things together and it lifted us for the game on Saturday . |
| 17 | Yeah what was it costing us for that weekend ? |
| 18 | It fills us with a deep warmth that will last past midnight . |
| 19 | Much has already been written about the Invasion of Europe and I am in no position to go into details of the actual event , but can only record how it affected us in Bomber Command . |
| 20 | Contrary to what Tony Lumpkin believes , speaking for all those who have been subjected to the drudgery of learning it in school , grammar is not a constraining imposition but a liberating force : it frees us from a dependency on context and the limitations of a purely lexical categorization of reality . |
| 21 | At a glance this seems eminently reasonable — not least if it protects us from Family videos . |
| 22 | The bible forbids the taking of blood but we also believe it protects us against many of the medical problems which exist today |
| 23 | This is not magic , for it introduces us to new relationships of intimacy and friendship , rather than of impersonal power and fantasy . |
| 24 | But pause for a few moments with the two names it introduces us to — Robert Taylor , the author , and the book 's recipient , Percivall Pott , whose characteristic signature it contains . |
| 25 | It 's true that it seduces us with its pulse-quickening thrill , but it also serves as a privileged glimpse into the paranoia , loneliness and tunnel vision of the male survivalist . |
| 26 | But that realisation should not be a disappointment : rather it liberates us from the job of creating masterpieces , and gives us a much more achievable task . |
| 27 | It costs us at least eighty five pence and we do n't live as far , well we do n't do n't live that far . |
| 28 | It reaches us through not only the filtering processes of memory but also the demands of style : and this is particularly obvious in this instance Although his autobiography was never published , the teller of this tale , James Mackenzie , was a professional showman who ended up on the fairground stage . |
| 29 | Apart from anything else , it leads us into several fascinating areas , such as etymology , linguistic fashion , verbal humour , and the expression of gender — the last two being particularly difficult roads to travel along , and where the bones of many an unwary linguist can be found along the way . |
| 30 | It leads us towards inner peace . |