Example sentences of "[prep] us [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even those of us too young to have been part of it are still under the spell of the culture of activism formed around it . |
| 2 | What they were based on , and I I have to say it though , that since poverty in all its forms has proved an intractable enemy to us , and given the limited Council resources that were available , plus the Government , which has consistently attacked Local Authorities and made financial constraints upon us almost impossible to operate , we have we recognise that to analyse the job in hand , first of all we needed an accurate picture of need , we needed to share the commitment with the workforce of Council and all those in partnership of consultation . |
| 3 | Indeed , as early as 1954 , James Kinsley notes that " it is no exaggeration to say that most of our students — Scots , English and Welsh alike — come to us hardly able to construe the English language , and unschooled in the patient , critical reading we require of them . " |
| 4 | However , it seems to us quite impossible to rewrite the two agreements in this matter as a matter of construction … |
| 5 | It seems to us quite unrealistic to say that he would have felt insulted . |