Example sentences of "can [vb infin] us [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exploring ideas of motherhood can plunge us right into the heart of mystical philosophy as well as into the practical world of child rearing . |
| 2 | It can be fascinating , but the allure of intellectualism can carry us away to the point of deliberately courting obscurity . |
| 3 | But a subtle critic may well save us a great deal of time , pain and trouble in the learning , for he can set us aright at the outset , and by his example rather than by his assertions show us how to avoid admiring that which is unworthy . |
| 4 | The direct application of normal sociological categories can take us much of the way in these relatively explicit , but also relatively local and shifting , cases . |
| 5 | Because the novel is invincibly domestic , it can tell us much about the space we live in ; equally , designs for houses and their furnishings can reveal hidden aspects of the novelist 's art . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , I believe that the CA approach can get us further with the study of code switching than other approaches tried so far , and it is on that basis that I have chosen to use it in this book . |