Example sentences of "[vb infin] us [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which does n't give us much time . |
| 2 | Yes , I spoke to Mo Magill , he 'll see us tomorrow morning , we 'll fly up on the shuttle , I do n't know what we 'll get , but … and I 've got a line into St Louis : there 's a thing called the Western Manuscripts collection at UMSL — ghastly word , but they use it themselves , it means University of Missouri-St Louis — that latches on to the papers of operations like CCOAC , and they 've got them . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very grateful to the Board for the grant , but I have estimated it will cost us around £ a month for a two bedroomed flat in Bristol , and I have the kids ' uniforms for college and all my books to buy . |
| 4 | If however we put the bikes on the car , the return journey to Dunblane will cost us about £5 in petrol , plus say 50p. to cover other marginal costs . |
| 5 | He 'll join us tomorrow morning , he 'll join us tomorrow morning . |
| 6 | He 'll join us tomorrow morning , he 'll join us tomorrow morning . |
| 7 | He might take us on er eh , he might take us up Newcastle |
| 8 | ‘ Can you tell us where Miss Lawis is ? ’ |
| 9 | I do not know whether the Under-Secretary of State for Wales will tell us when Mr. Stoner 's report will be made available . |
| 10 | For all his invasive tendencies , Boswell does not tell us why Johnson needed medicine . |
| 11 | An aposematic species may indeed suffer less predation than a cryptic , distasteful species , but that does not tell us how aposematism evolved . |
| 12 | Such simulations , based on observed system behaviour , can tell us how things might have been if we are looking at unrepeatable , past , events or how the system might behave in the future , if the transition probabilities remain unaltered . |
| 13 | If it is , the hon. Lady should tell us how Labour will pay for it . |
| 14 | Can the Minister tell us how information is taken off the police national computer ? |
| 15 | He was saying he would come up and tell us how Stephen was and everything . |
| 16 | The success of rating scales in latching onto enduring aspects of human behaviour is also their biggest drawback ; they can not tell us how individuals change and adapt . |
| 17 | Do n't let us down Hayley |
| 18 | Using CD-Roms will save us around £120,000 a year and that does n't include the added value that you get in terms of sound and pictures , ’ says Mr Wakeley . |
| 19 | A little forethought can often save us much pain or discomfort . |
| 20 | However , this volume , which appeared in 1916 , can remind us how techniques of archaeology have changed over this century , since the volume included hardly any of the small and often illegible coins which have been found and published in the more recent ( 1981 ) volume of Sardis finds . |