Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] we [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Feynman offers us a simple way to see that this happens . |
| 2 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 3 | Jean make us a cup of tea love . |
| 4 | When we arrived , Helen Stoner showed us the three bedrooms . |
| 5 | King David shows us the way when he says , ‘ It is good to give thanks to the Lord … and make thy praise our pride . ’ |
| 6 | We sat down and Dr Jaffery handed us a plate of dates : traditionally the delicacy with which Muslims break the Ramadan fast . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing really , except that last week Angy showed us a sketch she 'd done of him . |
| 8 | In this way Marx and Engels give us an alternative to the idealist philosophies which they reject . |
| 9 | The States give us a very high percentage of visitors to this particular region . |
| 10 | Can the hon. Gentleman prevail on his right hon. and learned Friend to give us the assurance that there will be funds — public funds if necessary — to ensure that the King 's Cross scheme goes ahead ? |
| 11 | The walk from the campsite near Hrabusice gave us a real taste of Paradise . |
| 12 | She says about herself and Medau : ‘ I think it was 1940 when Medau came my way — Molly , her mother and Edith came to a League of Health and Beauty group , and Molly gave us a Medau class . |
| 13 | ‘ Tencel reminds us a lot of gaberdine slacks . |
| 14 | The green sweep of the wooded hills on Morven and Mull gave us an impression of verdant lushness after the naked rock and brown moors of the Outer Isles . |
| 15 | I think I 'll ask Mr Smith from Ryedale to tell us a little more about Ryedale 's problems or efforts |
| 16 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 17 | To demonstrate the blacksmith 's craft , Pete made us a rams head fire poker . |
| 18 | PS : Blandly found us an excellent man to be captain , and Silver found a man called Arrow to be first officer . |
| 19 | Thus the excellent studies of the mud and sand flats around the Wash in eastern England give us a clear picture of the zonation of the sediments and their associated life , and of the processes involved , but do not tell us if they have accumulated in depth and are likely to stay there for the geologist of the future . |
| 20 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 21 | Odd-Knut showed us a video of the Iditarod , intriguing for what it did n't tell you which , as it turned out , was quite a lot . |
| 22 | If the Prime Minister really wants to help the British people , he should use Maastricht to give us a system which will promote balanced regional economic development throughout the United Kingdom , attack some of the social ills and divisions which beset British society at present and , finally , enhance not detract from the quality of British democracy . |
| 23 | Could I ask er , Rotarian Alan to give us a vote of thanks ? |
| 24 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
| 25 | Eventually , Lorraine tells us the way to Siobhan 's new house . |
| 26 | Eventually Birru brought us the ducks that Habta Mariam had cooked . |
| 27 | Pauline Freedman sent us a photograph of her brother and his wife wearing sweaters she had knitted using the alpine scene by Wendy Phillips from our January issue . |
| 28 | Vegetable juice is even less desirable , and the resulting plant print rarely has any relevance to the text Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave us a gentle reminder in Aurora Leigh : |
| 29 | He was really upset about that , but Maastricht gave us the ability that we could ex have that in Britain on a majority decision . |
| 30 | Stott gives us a thoughtful ‘ Ondine ’ , but the music does not move along very naturally and this water nymph is not sufficiently seductive and dangerous . |