Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter and I agreed that the next step should be for us ( you ? ) to circulate the above topic/author proposals as an Aunt Sally to Paul and Jackie Schachter to see if this coincides at all with their thinking . |
| 2 | ‘ The pitch is huge and the longer the match goes on , the better that should be for us . |
| 3 | The earth upon which God has placed us should be for us a special trust from one generation to another . |
| 4 | And that 's what it should be with us . |
| 5 | However , the first step must be for us to achieve recognition at the level of official LEA policy that special educational provision begins with what the regular class teacher is doing in the classroom , and that the first responsibility of special needs teachers is to help class teachers meet special needs themselves . |
| 6 | " I can see God himself must be against us , since I have declared war on the animals . |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll be with us yet awhile , then , ’ said Patrice with a sour laugh . |
| 8 | She 'll be with us on the 17th . |
| 9 | He 'll be with us a few days . |
| 10 | we pray that you 'll be with us today . |
| 11 | " The autumn gales 'll be on us in a few weeks , and the volunteers wo n't be so easy to come by after that . " |
| 12 | Ethylene overcapacity may extend over the next 3–5 years and ‘ potentially could be with us throughout the decade if many of the plants now under study phase come to fruition ’ . |
| 13 | IF ONLY GRANDMA COULD BE WITH US NOW |
| 14 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 15 | ‘ Booked by Nicky , when she still thought she 'd be with us . ’ |
| 16 | You may be with us unwillingly , but you are certainly with us for the time being . ’ |
| 17 | The end may be beyond us , but the means are within our grasp , and Gandhi 's view is , that to the degree we use the means to that degree we realize the end . |
| 18 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 19 | Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year . |
| 20 | And Father as we think together further , about our worship , about the life of our church family , we pray that you would be with us n this meeting . |
| 21 | She would be with us always , and I would n't have to say a word to her grandchildren because she would say them all . |
| 22 | ‘ How sad it would be for us to lose you to the sea , Señor Capitano . ’ |
| 23 | What a wonderful thing it would be for us all if we could think of ‘ family ’ in this extended way ! |
| 24 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 25 | Well , imagine how different our life would be for us for a start . |
| 26 | Gentlemen , I , I , I do believe , fellow councillors , what we 've done now is asked the solicitor to , to take the matter in hand , and so I do think until we 've got advice from him , it would be for us to actually recommend any other |
| 27 | I think it would be for us to talk together , the four of us for a start , and er , and bring proper proposals to future meetings would n't it ? |
| 28 | And the fact that he 's a left-hand drive he 's erm perhaps not got quite the view out of his offside mirror , or our offside mirror it would be to us , that perhaps somebody like yourselves have with er a right-hand drive vehicle . |
| 29 | The pressure will be on us more this time but it does n't worry me . |
| 30 | The male , public school judiciary will be with us for years to come . |