Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] give us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 2 | The rewards for those working in BP come in the quality of the opportunities it gives us for the future . |
| 3 | There are just six fundamental interpersonal skills which give us a process that is equally applicable in ill situations . |
| 4 | We take in a lot more oxygen , our blood pressure rises and our brains release chemicals called endorphins which give us an immediate high . |
| 5 | I want to welcome obviously particularly er the order relating to Wales because it confers on Wales er one additional seat , giving us five altogether because of the rise in the Welsh population over the last ten years and that er although Wales was under represented under the previous erm er you know distribution of seats which gave us only four we will be slightly over represented when we have five because you simply ca n't have four and a half seats , it 's got to be one or the other but since the Welsh population is continuing to rise very rapidly then it is likely that that will be put right . |
| 6 | ‘ We must live our earthly lives in obedience to Him but also in the service of the great possibilities He gives us . |
| 7 | So ten times something gave us three sixty ten times what ? |
| 8 | Erm the cost of sales is two and a half million pounds which gives us a gross profit of almost two and a half million pounds . |
| 9 | The figures you gave us at the beginning I I seem to remember that you sell a lot more water abroad than in this country . |
| 10 | For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA . |
| 11 | All the cassettes they gave us . |
| 12 | Many large bags ( not the small plastic things they gave us to put change in ) of old 5ps have been returned by banks for disposal . |
| 13 | Figures they gave us from surveys carried out for the Inter-Bank Research Organisation by the British Market Research Bureau confirmed this , but showed that people in social classes A , B and C1 are still twice as likely to have a bank account as people in social classes D and E , and that the higher someone 's income the greater is the likelihood of their having a bank account . |
| 14 | ‘ In the psychic realm it means that we are free to follow any set of images and symbols which give us the right mental feedback — and the State encourages us . |
| 15 | We normally suppose that our experience is a reliable guide to the nature of those parts of the world which we are not observing , and that in favourable cases it gives us knowledge . |
| 16 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 17 | In place of the few massy figures on that we see scores of small ones , ranged in six registers which give us seven stories from legend as well as a band of animals and florals , a battle of Pygmies and cranes on the foot , and other figures on the flat of the handles . |
| 18 | ‘ Now we are selling 50,000 vehicles it gives us encouragement that European consumers will forget the past and give us another chance , ’ said Mr Miller . |
| 19 | Britten is a master at creating vivid accompaniment figurations which give us a strong impression of the music 's emotive message even before the melody begins . |
| 20 | Some £150,000 will be allocated to various recreational schemes in London , most of which will be in boroughs through which the course runs ; boroughs which give us so much help . |
| 21 | ‘ It happened again this year , though we won 4– 3 on penalties which gave us our fourth win of the series . ’ |
| 22 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |