Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Second , once sterling left the ERM , and with inflation sharply down , we were right to take the opportunity that gave us to relax policy and get interest rates down . |
| 2 | It is what leads her to animate the inanimate in her descriptive passages , and it is the child-in-the-adult that moves us in her most memorable characters ( often male ) : Denisov , Kissov , Gruishunya , Peters . |
| 3 | Death will quickly draw the veil and make us see how near we were to God and one another , and did not sufficiently know it . |
| 4 | Secondly , if it is not the rules of the sentence that enable us to be meaningful and to perceive meaning , then what is it ? |
| 5 | What are the signs that tell us whether or not we are making genuine progress in a particular area of study ? |
| 6 | When we escape from the physical and the chains that bind us , we see the eternal and infinite being within us , then suddenly the mirror lake shivers and the images are stilled in frozen crystals . |
| 7 | ‘ I have always gotten the sense that museums , which are very active in lobbying us for money , take the essential position : ‘ Give us the money and leave us alone ’ ’ , Brodsky announced at a hearing last week . |
| 8 | Those in the East End included a half-share in Chandler 's Wiltshire Brewery in the Hackney Road , Bethnal Green ( via the Lion brewery , Lambeth , the brewery that gave us the South Bank lion ) ; some of the pubs belonging to the Commercial Brewery Co in Commercial Road , Stepney , in 1927 ( the rest went to Hammerton 's brewery , Stockwell ) ; and West and Co , of the Three Crowns brewery , Hackney Road , Bethnal Green , with 60 pubs , in 1929 . |
| 9 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 10 | Two weeks ago in church the snivelling little bastard got up in the pulpit and told us not to be frightened of death . |
| 11 | ‘ They gave us a key for the apartment and left us to it . |
| 12 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 13 | and then er dad and Mike come down in the Sierra and met us in the pub . |
| 14 | But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency . |
| 15 | His blind refusal to break the rules and give us any information was so bloody irritating . |
| 16 | A few weeks later , Beatrix arrived at the camp and took us away . ’ |
| 17 | I think it was the head of the British water-skiing team who ran the camp and got us the boats and the equipment . |
| 18 | Well tell us erm tell us about the payment and tell us what 's happening to you and what you 're gon na have to do . |
| 19 | Interestingly , it was not , as is usual , the noise that told us we were approaching a large nesting cliff , but an almost overpowering smell of guano . |
| 20 | The nip of alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate and so warm the skin and make us comfortable in spite of being out in the cold . |
| 21 | For the Stones , satisfaction was the goal : everything would be all ALL RIGHT if we shed the inhibitions that held us back and down . |
| 22 | ‘ It was brilliant to hit the goals that took us to the top , and it 's got to be the best 90 minutes of my career . ’ |
| 23 | Well , the inspector came and noticed a hole in the roof and told us to mend it . |
| 24 | When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible . |
| 25 | However , of all the confusions that confront us the rumours alleging that the Hooligan gangs were armed with guns are particularly difficult to unravel , or to state in any balanced way . |
| 26 | For example , Wittgenstein ( 1953 : 132 ) warns that ‘ the confusions that occupy us arise when language is like an engine idling , not when it is doing work ’ . |
| 27 | They could hold the key that saves us . ’ |
| 28 | And perhaps if you could stop the snow and see us all safely back to the quarry as well , that would be a big help . |
| 29 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 30 | That would considerably reduce the turnover of personnel , encourage people to serve in the force and enable us to use their expertise in it for much longer , so that less time will be spent on training . |