Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask but one single thing : to let me love and care for my poor , weak , ill-used wife as poverty permits , without their trying to separate , worry , or hurt us . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 3 | Let us strive for relationships that are mutual and be careful not to impose ourselves on people who do n't want or need us . |
| 4 | They are never brought up again to taunt or accuse us . |
| 5 | If Ted is reading this , they did n't see or smell us , honest ! |
| 6 | Dress shop assistants grow supercilious , aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment . |
| 7 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 8 | Divers may write , phone or fax us , at no cost of course . |
| 9 | There are all kinds and levels of faith but only one God who will accept or reject us for the lives we live today . |
| 10 | If it [ Sellafield ] was likely to leak and kill or disable us , the top BNFL people in Cumbria would not live near the place . |
| 11 | We did n't let that stop us , though — almost overnight , it seemed , Amsterdam was covered with Stop The Clause graffiti , especially along the canal banks . |
| 12 | Now they send a child rather than face us . ’ |
| 13 | Ensure they speak well of us rather than denigrate us to their friends . |
| 14 | However , doing them would make us feel better and re-energize us ! |
| 15 | ‘ Ideally , I like to allow enough time so I do n't need to rush and make us both tense . |
| 16 | I think it might be worthwhile actually so the school can come and bail us out ! |
| 17 | Hopefully Oldham will prove me right … that SHOULD be an ok game as they are too crap to come and defend for 90 mins , so might try and attack us ( especially as its on the box ) . |
| 18 | Because they had been confused and upset early on in the campaign they found it hard to relax and trust us . |
| 19 | Instead I concluded he was about as frightened of death as I am so why , in the good Lord 's name , did he get up and bore us stiff telling us different ? |
| 20 | Still , I thought as I waited in thick over-coated ranks for the Germans to come and count us , it 'll all be over by this time tomorrow . |
| 21 | Looking back I can see that the fall of the tree and the resulting fear were symbolising my anxiety lest the squire should come and catch us raiding his walnut tree . |
| 22 | McHale said : ‘ You 'd think that Chesterfield have to come here and beat us to keep alive their chances of reaching the playoffs . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll ring up Uncle Bean , and ask him to come and fetch us , ’ Nutty decided , but the Nicholsons had no phone and the nearest call-box was past the cinema in the town-centre . |
| 24 | ‘ I spoke to three different minicab firms , but none of them wanted to come out and fetch us . |
| 25 | Because once the vigorous discussion , rarely does anyone sit and accuse us of having had clearly party political discussions , we had a job of work to do and as a result of that job of work is in front of you now in items one and two . |
| 26 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 27 | To light and warm us , down will sink the lurid sun |
| 28 | ‘ In the afternoon the good Professor Thornton can come and watch us and the Minister defending the assistance given to Willis Engineering , ’ Rajiv pointed out , eyes bright with malice , and Bill Westland winced . |
| 29 | ‘ Are n't you going to stay and watch us win the prize ? ’ |
| 30 | Show us what you want us to do and give us the strength to submit our will to yours . |