Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , we ought to have them nearby us , where we can see what they 're up to … where they ca n't betray us without destroying themselves as well . |
| 2 | For once , you ca n't accuse us of self-promoting hyperbole when we described the show as ‘ the mightiest concert ever ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Ye ca n't blame us for trying . ’ |
| 4 | And he ca n't blame us for singing ‘ You 're Only Here For The Money etc ’ when we travel to Ewood Park . |
| 5 | Surely they ca n't begrudge us for being a tad sharper round the bends ? |
| 6 | You ca n't expect us to be like other people . |
| 7 | They ca n't put us against a wall and shoot us if — ’ |
| 8 | While negotiations continued in Geneva , the Tories went to the polls declaring that ‘ collective security by collective action can alone save us from a return to the old system which resulted in the Great War . ’ |
| 9 | The ongoing commitment can only hold us in good stead in the eyes of our established and potential clients as a company of recognised capability . |
| 10 | Spending our lives in jealousy and envy can only isolate us from other people and make us unhappy . |
| 11 | For the face as simulacrum can only refer us to yet another image , there being no true face behind the mask . |
| 12 | We learned a great deal from those matches and this can only help us in the future , ’ he said . |
| 13 | That can only help us in our jobs . |
| 14 | He argues that reality resembles a cinematographic film , a ceaseless unwinding an moving , but the intellect is so constituted , that it can only provide us with stills , separate and immobile , from that motion film which is reality . |
| 15 | Biological science can not tell us of the mind of a creature any more than it can understand the nature and functioning of our human minds . |
| 16 | Chronology of building forms can be established only approximately , and archaeology can not tell us of variations in the prosperity of a community from one year to the next . |
| 17 | Surprise ( in the sense studied in Baillargeon 's experiment — passive capture of visual attention ) is not an action so it can not tell us about central system function . |
| 18 | Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems . |
| 19 | It can not tell us about the meaning of the term ‘ popular music ’ , since that meaning , ideologically replete , has been pushed outside the frame of reference . |
| 20 | They can not tell us in any detail what kinds of investigations might be prompted by such conceptions , or how they may be carried out , what concepts and theories are relevant , and so on . |
| 21 | ‘ We must say to the public , ‘ you can not leave us without moral guidance on this . |
| 22 | You can not tease us with a smidge of inside info on Jon , and not expect us to be hanging on every word . |
| 23 | They are the eagles ’ oldest foe and because they are clever an know they can not fight us by themselves they will mob us with numbers , and try to make us drop our prey . |
| 24 | ‘ He can not hear us of course , ’ said Fael-Inis . |
| 25 | ‘ No other revelation in this case can possibly surprise us after this . ’ |
| 26 | If you do n't get these numbers you can always ring us on which is our administration number . |
| 27 | It can also free us from many mistaken myths about Darwin himself . |
| 28 | They can also delude us of course , and the obscured line between revelation and illusion is a distinction to cling to as best one can , to be clarified by reason in retrospect or not at all . |
| 29 | Efforts to do so are misplaced and can positively mislead us into believing in the efficacy of the internal organization of the structure of the company as a means of legitimating corporate managerial power . |
| 30 | Only Germany , Holland , Japan and Switzerland can now match us for economic growth , price stability and strong balance of payments , says Dr David Lomax , the Natwest 's economic adviser . |