Example sentences of "[prep] us can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of us can accompany him without arousing suspicion , ’ Murtach pointed out . |
| 2 | None of us can expect assistance from a Vala ; nevertheless in any kind of Mordor it is one 's duty to go on . |
| 3 | He describes a ‘ good-enough mother ’ ( i.e. , a mother as good at being a mother as any of us can expect either to have or to be ) as someone who ‘ starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant 's needs , and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely , gradually according to the infant 's growing ability to deal with her failure . ’ |
| 4 | None of us can decide . ’ |
| 5 | Continuing upon the familiar submissive theme , Rogers asserts that while the apprehension of " great art in its fullness is a goal none of us can hope fully to attain " , it remains " a worthy objective just the same " . |
| 6 | Which of us can hope for anything better than that to be said about us ? |
| 7 | None of us can conceive that we might die before our parents . |
| 8 | It 's not a works , so that none of us can boast on any account . |
| 9 | Today the climate is totally different and a number of us can make some money from athletics — enough , at least , to enable us to devote all our time to it . |
| 10 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
| 11 | ‘ This is one way in which each of us can make a difference now ’ |
| 12 | Narrow the possible terms of response by a branching question : " I understand just how difficult this decision is , but you 're the bio-chemist ; I do n't think any of us can make the decision . |
| 13 | All of us can make mistakes . |
| 14 | that if we pass on some of your comments at the end of the section , maybe they 'll be able to arrange , maybe in two or three months time a visit that most of us can make , particularly those of you who missed it , because it is an important experience , but obviously quite difficult to arrange , because it involves real tenants and real people but we can pass that back , and I 'm sure the officers will consider it . |
| 15 | He asked Americans ‘ to contribute today so that all of us can prosper tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | Many of us can quote Romans 8:28 : ‘ In all things God works for the good of those who love him , who have been called according to his purpose . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What Elizabeth does n't grasp is that none of us can stand the fuss she makes . |
| 18 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 19 | We have no objection to the principle of a motion on involvement across Europe , especially following our recent friend 's city 's re-emergence into democracy as both of us can benefit from future E C funds . |
| 20 | ‘ Seriously ; it does n't work that way ; neither of us can leave it alone . |
| 21 | On a broader canvas , many of us can think of moments of encounter , of blessing , of poetry , of art , of music , of sunsets and dawns which were to us deeply sacramental . |
| 22 | And none of us can slow it down . |
| 23 | The Experiences evoked are human ones i.e. experiences that all of us can relate to and share because we are all ‘ Jock Thampson 's bairns ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ None of us can sit on the fence . |
| 25 | This is an excellent choice for the aquarium and by buying these captive bred animals each of us can contribute to the conservation of an important commercial food animal . |
| 26 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 27 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 28 | This is something that each one of us can do . |
| 29 | But you 're stuck with it , and I 'm stuck with it and there 's nothing either of us can do about it . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , there 's nothing much either of us can do for them . |