Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] us to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |
| 2 | Again , all the boys are circumcised according to tradition , and we do not need to flash the penis to prove us to be nice , Jewish boys . |
| 3 | This period enabled us to be sure that a single patient had a chronic and persistent history of symptoms of gastrooesophageal reflux . |
| 4 | Our bodies are continually manufacturing chemicals to make us the smelly creatures nature intended us to be . |
| 5 | Nature intended us to be as we are , and we should n't tamper with reproduction . |
| 6 | ( 180 ) … and seek to express ourselves as we are , and not as we would have our friend to think us to be . |
| 7 | Game theory forces us to be precise about three sets of assumptions on which a model rests : |
| 8 | May we use his example to remind us to be caring and compassionate to everyone this Christmas time . |
| 9 | If we do not make the U-turn , that treaty requires us to be back in the ERM , or the son of ERM , before the next election . ’ |
| 10 | would like to say er er and that is though councillor urges us to be more totally er which went on the housing committee I think it would be very wrong of us to do that , leaving that er the vote at the end of that particular debate was unrelated to and er these democracy that 's er situation . |
| 11 | Wearing a black , gold-embroidered silk cloak over a finely woven shamma , he came across the room to greet us , shook hands and with a smile and a gesture invited us to be seated . |
| 12 | Humility enables us to be wise about ourselves and to learn to resist our weaknesses more firmly . |
| 13 | Such reading requires us to be active and critical . |
| 14 | Dad warned us to be seen and not heard but we did n't need telling either . |
| 15 | ‘ Basically the label wanted us to be something we were n't , and those records were compromises . |