Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] us [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are plenty of people who have super-efficient secretaries , but the majority of us can only dream of having someone like that to put our working lives in order . |
| 2 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 3 | The contract between us will be created either : a . |
| 4 | Now I could not countenance , and I 'm sure none of the authorities around us could countenance a new settlement that scale in Greater York . |
| 5 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
| 6 | Politicians , accountants , television producers , newspaper editors and all such mandarins who have set themselves up as authorities with power to say yea or nay to us , to sift right from wrong , good from bad , lawful from criminal , and to decide what the rest of us may know and what we may not ( ‘ All the News that 's Fit to Print ’ ) exploit this wondrous paradoxical nature of language with uncanny skill to attain and retain their hegemony over others . |
| 7 | The rest of us 'll just be glad you 've got company . |
| 8 | The rest of us might put the same thing in much more simple terms by voicing that popular complaint , ‘ When you 've eaten a Chinese meal you feel hungry again in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 9 | The rest of us might also stand in awe of his season . |
| 10 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 11 | He may have heard the cow moaning as she gave birth , his ears sensitized to noises the rest of us would not have heard , as we sat talking and laughing around the fire . |
| 12 | We all had the right to do this , but the rest of us would acknowledge the others ' right to know what was going on and why . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | One effect on the rest of us will be that we cause ourselves endless trouble by losing them . |
| 15 | Timid observers will marvel at the bravery of the men who dare descend into these black pits for enjoyment and adventure : their reward is a visit to a fantastic nether world the rest of us will never see . |
| 16 | AIDS is , and if the gays do not respect self control , then the rest of us will be entitled to ask whether , having acquired human rights , they are unwilling to extend them to others . |
| 17 | Until then , the rest of us will just have to keep holding our noses . |
| 18 | And the rest of us will get used to it . ’ |
| 19 | We have said goodbye to a person who can not be replaced and the rest of us will have to work the harder and care the more in order to try to fill the gap left by his passing . |
| 20 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 21 | The race among the rest of us will be for second place . ’ |
| 22 | AT1 has designed the sets , the rest of us will paint them . ’ |
| 23 | The rest of us will take note of what he has to say and we 'll bear it in mind tomorrow . |
| 24 | The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee . |
| 25 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |
| 26 | Out in the sunshine at Gogarth , Twid Turner and Kath Goodey arrived at Thunderbird Zawn to climb the lines the rest of us could n't ! |
| 27 | Terry was confident that they would n't , but the rest of us could n't rule it out . |
| 28 | I wonder how the rest of us could help this woman ? |
| 29 | Paris fashions may be just for the rich , but the rest of us can enjoy beauty products from the designers . |
| 30 | By the same token , if the London Marathon can be persuaded to run round and round Wembley Stadium , then the rest of us can happily offer to sponsor it . |