Example sentences of "[prep] us [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From our very earliest days the sort of pattern of attachment we form with our parents or those that look after us will influence how we feel about any relationship later in life . |
| 2 | Some of us might go so far as to say that the Genesis account of creation is not literal history but myth in Lewis 's sense . |
| 3 | Woosie aside , most of us might score closer to the 100 with which Bernard Darwin won the first official Club meeting in 1893 . |
| 4 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 5 | Mr Nicholas Winterton , the Conservative MP for Macclesfield , a consistent Tory backbench critic of the reforms , said yesterday : ‘ I think the number of us might swell once the bill gets underway . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps some of us might come down in great secrecy to visit you . ’ |
| 7 | Many of us may wonder why it has taken so long to achieve the last two objectives , but I am delighted that the proposal is now to go ahead . |
| 8 | " Last winter , " he recalls , " Myra would come across from Dunoon for a fortnightly session and the three of us would go out onto the practice ground whatever the weather . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't really think , ’ said Helen , ‘ that either of us would feel very comfortable after this . ’ |
| 10 | It is a subject most of us would prefer not to think about . |
| 11 | If , for example , a shy child has been very quiet in what is supposed to be a television interview , a positive way of dealing with it is to acknowledge it as something that has happened within the dramatic fiction : " Most of us would get very nervous being interviewed for TV ; I know I would . |
| 12 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
| 13 | All of us would hang around together . |
| 14 | If , as frequently happened , two of us would fall out and come to blows , then passers-by would stop , form a circle and watch without intervening , confirming their view that justice would be achieved this way . |
| 15 | When our engagement was broken off , neither of us would take back the other 's ring . |
| 16 | Sometimes all the lot of us would play there , marbles was another favourite game . |
| 17 | I think the three of us should sit down and have a little talk . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Now , ’ said Marion , ‘ some of us must go back to that poor girl and put her decently in order . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | He asked Americans ‘ to contribute today so that all of us can prosper tomorrow . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ None of us can understand how he fell — the window is only 2ft square . ’ |
| 23 | Most of us can recall just how difficult it has been to concentrate on anything else if we have a headache or any other ache and pain . |
| 24 | Not one of us can look away . |
| 25 | Then again , none of us can say how we would react until faced with the situation . |
| 26 | Each of us can have only a tiny impact on creating a kinder , finer world . |
| 27 | But the reality is far , far different , and few of us can take that much reality . |
| 28 | Until the killer can be found , none of us can get on with our lives . |
| 29 | At some time in our lives most of us will experience back pain — for some the consequences can be devastating . |
| 30 | Comfort , practicality and ease of care are attractive to office workers and hill walkers alike and the flexibility of lightweight trousers means that most of us will end up owning a pair or two , regardless of our outdoor interest . |