Example sentences of "and [vb -s] us [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week the Action Team are going to be getting to grips with the Council Tax which came into effect from the 1st of April this year and affects us all . |
| 2 | Of course this reduces our heating bills and keeps us warm and comfortable … so long as we do n't create too much moisture for the air to cope with . |
| 3 | This is important and tells us two things . |
| 4 | Plus the young Catriona who designs and makes all her own clothes ( you 're kidding ! ) and informs us that leather trousers have been around for ‘ two or three years now ’ . |
| 5 | Smith suggests that ‘ the concept of policy denotes … deliberate choice of action or inaction , rather than the effects of interrelating forces ’ : he emphasizes ‘ inaction ’ and reminds us that ‘ attention should not focus exclusively on decisions which produce change , but must also be sensitive to those which resist change and are difficult to observe because they are not represented in the policy-making process by legislative enactment ’ . |
| 6 | To have won either award would have been a major achievement ; to have won both Environmental and Export Awards in the same year is remarkable and gives us great satisfaction . |
| 7 | We try to rotate all the jobs on site between the eight of us — it makes life more interesting and gives us more flexibility . |
| 8 | In practice if there are beneficiaries who are capable of being consulted , it 's likely that one will say to those beneficiaries Right we need to raise some money , there 's only the shares to do it with , we 're proposing to sell them do you agree with that or would you prefer to have the shares and gives us some money ? |
| 9 | Colonel Jensen has given us one case of fossils and promises us more . |
| 10 | And the seal waved a flipper as the lights rose like the curtains on an opera and said : ‘ See how Aurora casts her dice and rolls us red ? |
| 11 | Mr O'Malley added : ‘ The Warrington outrage besmirches the whole Irish people and leaves us all feeling ashamed and somewhat helpless . |
| 12 | Being deprived of the goals , our desire eats us up and leaves us dissatisfied and with a sense of longing . |
| 13 | Every sceptical argument against the possibility of justified belief is an argument of the strongest form , and leaves us devoid even of the understanding we thought we had of our own language . |
| 14 | ‘ She has no airs and graces and makes us all so proud . ’ |
| 15 | It deepens us and makes us more reflective as people . |