Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [vb base] [prep] us " in BNC.

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1 We look for signs that speak to us of character — good or bad .
2 A period of conditioning on the Verdun battlefield manufactured a callousness towards one 's own wounded , and an apathetic , morbid acceptance of mutilation that seem to us — in our comfy isolation — almost bestial .
3 And these are n't the sort of people that write to us using block capitals all the way through , these are reasonable people who 've had their property damaged over the years some quite horrendous tales and talk about walls being knocked down .
4 There 's something special about things that come to us over the centuries . ’
5 The duty of a Christian was ‘ to cling to the Creed of the Apostles , and in all other things [ make ] an honest endeavour to find out what truths we can , and [ allow ] a charitable and mutual permission to others that disagree from us and our opinions ’ .
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