Example sentences of "us [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreeing that naïve empiricism is insufficient and that language does not tell us about the world in any simple , unmediated , or transparent way , they still believe that a sense of reality can be conveyed by language ( the position derided as mere ‘ common sense ’ by the Newest Criticism ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And Probyn is recognised by us as the world 's best tighthead prop so no argument there . |
| 4 | As a compact and multi-functional element colour denies verisimilitude , implying the ethereal , whilst simultaneously reminding us of the world of concrete phenomena . |
| 5 | For both , the archetype is the solo practitioner , disparaged by that label ‘ horse and buggy doctor ’ , who , in the myth , brought us into the world , smoothed our fevered brows , and eased by magic potions the anguish of illness . |
| 6 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 7 | Rulfo 's oral style — which manifests itself in this novel and in the stories of The Burning Plain , in the frequent repetition of words and phrases , in a manner typical of the backtracking of oral narrative — is , of course , much more than a formal device , for its function is to take us inside the world of a rural peasantry whose cultural tradition is non-literate . |
| 8 | As Terry Butcher admitted afterwards , Peter Shilton 's goalkeeping ‘ kept us in the World Cup ’ . |
| 9 | How then , with the distance between us in the world 's judgement , can I think of making you my wife ? |
| 10 | Sometimes , people can be evil , egoistic , destructive and aggressive , and think only of themselves as we know to our cost , and as we see all around us in the world , from time to time . |
| 11 | A truck waits on the shore to return us to the world of air-conditioners , crisp white sheets and hot showers , a world sustained by the river , and one whose insatiable demands are destroying it . |
| 12 | Cup us till the world go round , |
| 13 | Cup us till the world go round ! |
| 14 | ‘ Till we came to the sea , and then there 'd be lighted ships ready to take us across the world . ’ |
| 15 | We 're we are part of the that process and it 's it 's sometimes encouraging for us to remember that there are small denominations , small groups like us around the world who are struggling to make their Christian witness real in their particular context . |