Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of ‘ good taste ’ , indeed her fleshy pinks and pulsing reds make us squirm with embarrassed recognition , reminding us of the ‘ nasty ’ things we do at home — after the guests have gone . |
| 2 | Preferences bring us to Regan who is rightfully critical of the counter-intuitive implications of Frey 's blanket denials of beliefs , desires , perceptions , emotions , and so on to animals and is at great pains to stress their similarities of behaviour to that of human beings . |
| 3 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 4 | some artists expect us to make them stars . |
| 5 | In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts . |
| 6 | Wishes provide us with motivation and strategy , for without the greed of a wish we would never get started . |
| 7 | After the birth , any desires we may have to rise above the physical mire are crushed as nappy-changing , spurting milk and sticky fingers involve us well and truly in the messy side of life . |
| 8 | Notice also how these skills provide us with a timeless wisdom , applicable to all people-situations anywhere . |
| 9 | James argued here that abstract rules provide us with only limited assistance in arriving at moral decisions because ‘ every real dilemma is in literal strictness a unique situation ’ . |
| 10 | The first two hours knock us into shape , however , as we battle with the boulder-strewn approach to Condoriri . |
| 11 | Flows of assistance between generations provide us with an important example where , in practice , support is often one way , and where apparently this is regarded as quite proper . |
| 12 | Although these considerations make us wary of interpreting fig 4.1 too literally , they do not undermine its value as a representation of the essential core of language , and as a starting point for stylistics . |
| 13 | … labels make us feel exclusive . |
| 14 | The language of the marketing echoes exactly that of any supermarket brand-name : ‘ our readers perceive us as a brand of books with a special flavour and image ’ . |
| 15 | The Jews provide us with the single most illuminating incident of the episcopate of Avitus . |
| 16 | However , whilst the image of the ‘ head and tail ’ coin is pertinent to our understanding of the rituals , the rabbis ' words provide us with little more than an appreciation of how Jewish society ( or a part thereof ) at the time perceived and explained the religious state of affairs . |
| 17 | Paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries show us a countryside where humans are not dominant but co-exist with Nature in the struggle for life ; where cultivated fields are everywhere bounded by the wilderness which constantly threatens to encroach and claim back its own . |
| 18 | These books show us a great adventure that only a few people undertake and finish . |
| 19 | ‘ The government tell us all the nice things that are happening in Britain and yet all the indicators show us that this is not the case . |
| 20 | Words give us power over every other creature and thing in the natural world . |
| 21 | Note We will make payments as stated above provided ( a ) the injured clients notify us of any claim for personal injury within 3 months of their return from holiday ; ( b ) they assign to Horizon Holidays Ltd. any rights against a supplier or any other person or party they may have relating to the claim ; and ( c ) they agree to co-operate fully with us should we or our insurers wish to enforce those rights which have been assigned to us or to which we are subrogated . |
| 22 | Finally , both Biddulph and Music and Arts give us Weber 's A flat Sonata ( played with inimitable brio and wit ) , and Mendelssohn and Liszt respectively . |
| 23 | The finding of individual coins or of coin hoards can in some rather obvious respects give us the same sort of information , since the loss of a single coin or the deposit of a hoard is proof of some sort of direct or indirect contact between the place of mint and the place of deposit . |
| 24 | Loudspeakers admonish us to hurry to our next classroom ( up three flights of stairs and along endless corridors ) . |
| 25 | Many clients tell us that deep down they know a panic attack , or any particular acute symptom of anxiety , is not harmful but they are still unable to overcome their fears . |
| 26 | To quench is more than to refresh although our lying , lascivious eyes tell us the two are the same . |
| 27 | ‘ Informants tell us that the enemy has halted at Annan town . |
| 28 | ‘ Guidelines tell us we can not transmit an undue amount of bad language . |
| 29 | Jesus ' sufferings draw us into the love of God and show us how much he loved us . |
| 30 | The strategic considerations tell us that we should try to find processes that have simple effects . |