Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] us [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally . |
| 2 | The problems of the informal interview , then , are considerable , and they may make us feel that the formal type of interview is much less beset with difficulties and open to the criticism of lack of scientific method . |
| 3 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 4 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 5 | As at Corbridge , they sometimes resemble rural dwellings , which should make us look again at some of the larger houses which occasionally occur in small towns further south . |
| 6 | What should make us tick ? |
| 7 | The fact that several provincial towns reported pope-burnings in November 1714 and 1715 should make us question how extensive support for the Jacobite position was at this time . |
| 8 | This should make us take extra care with introductions and conclusions . |
| 9 | ( 1980 ) and Wood , McMahon and Cranstoun ( 1980 ) in relation to the nursery , must make us question the claims that schools provide a linguistically rich environment , able to provide compensation for children believed to be linguistically deprived at home . |
| 10 | They should let us get out of church and then get the people they want instead of grabbing the person they want right in the middle of the church and carrying them out . |
| 11 | But look , you two , if you 're not going to join us , then perhaps you should let us join you . |
| 12 | You must let us examine your car at any reasonable time . |
| 13 | You must let us examine your car at any reasonable time . |
| 14 | You must let us examine your car at any reasonable time . |
| 15 | You must let us examine your car at any reasonable time . |
| 16 | Such research should help us identify which aspects of unemployment are crucial . |
| 17 | As such , it must help us bring the chaos of our rival impulses under the control of the personality as a whole , in the pursuit of its quest for comprehensive and balanced fulfilment , and towards an effective recognition of the fact that such fulfilment requires harmonious , caring , co-operative and stable relations with others . |
| 18 | I said , well you co , if Claire wants to stop nothing 'll make us go will it ? |
| 19 | We 're in a position where we 're going to borrow a bit from next year , that actually puts the pressure on as I see it 's about nine or ten thousand extra this year , the allowance is about a hundred and eighty thousand , the total , erm , we 're adding nine or ten thousand to that , we 're taking it off it for next year , so we 've already got ourselves something like an eighteen to twenty thousand reduction in members allowances next year so the pressure is on to resolve the problem , and er , perhaps Mr might feel that actually that extra pressure might make us resolve it . |
| 20 | • With regard to thermal comfort ( whether we think our environment is too hot or too cold ) , a particular room temperature might make us feel cold and even shiver in the morning but in the evening the same room temperature will sometimes feel hot and stuffy . |
| 21 | For example , if we were to enforce so-called free-range systems for laying hens that increased the incidence of death , infectious disease , aggression , pain and fear , it might make us feel fairly good , but it would not do a lot of good for the hens . |
| 22 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 23 | I said , ‘ You know I have to stand here and watch you stop breathing if we do that , and as a matter of fact , you 'll gasp for air , and you 'll be watching us , and you 'll see us go away … ’ |
| 24 | Hopefully they 'll let us record lessons . |
| 25 | ‘ When do you think they 'll let us go home ? ’ asked Williams at the end of the questioning . |
| 26 | Oh does it , I must say that 'll be nice as long as , as long as you 'll let us take . |
| 27 | " You 'll let us have some more Propopamide , wo n't you , Herriot ? " |
| 28 | Aye , cos we even had people where , where , where the placard you see , people 'll say oh that house , I wonder if they 'll let us have a look at it now as they 're passing |
| 29 | ‘ He may not be able to get round immediately , but he 'll let us know as soon as he can . |
| 30 | ‘ But you 'll let us know when it 's about to start , wo n't you ? ’ |