Example sentences of "can [vb infin] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | In time , spraying on the same scent habitually can make us completely insensitive to it . |
| 2 | They can make us grateful that we have so much ( there but for the grace of God go I … ) . |
| 3 | This can make us fiercely independent and afraid to ask for what we need because we fear it will not be given . |
| 4 | The turmoil brought about by our wants can make us very vulnerable and afraid . |
| 5 | Bereavement can have devastating effects on our defensive cells , but even something as minor as taking an exam can make us more vulnerable to infection . |
| 6 | If they can make us more aware of the Earth and our relationship with it then their study will have been worthwhile . |
| 7 | At last , psychologists claim to have found proof that glossy magazine images of thin , super-sexy models can make us ill . |
| 8 | Practitioners believe that we all have a huge ability to heal ourselves ; the day-to-day stresses of life can make us lose our way and illness strikes . |
| 9 | As we age , our hair undergoes dramatic changes — some hormonal , some self-inflicted , others caused by time — which can make us look older than we are . |
| 10 | Our conditioning can make us very resistant to using disclosure . |
| 11 | Comedy can give comfort and security , can make us feel more at home in our skin . |
| 12 | ‘ At need , enchantment can make us seem a host to human eyes ; but in truth , there is only myself and my nine companions . |
| 13 | He can make us do anything he wants . |
| 14 | Small changes in the choices we make or the way we behave can make us part of the solution rather than the problem . |
| 15 | For among the effects is one that is new , and that nothing that I 've said so far could have suggested this very exuberance , as well as the things it plays on , can make us smile or laugh . |
| 16 | You can lend us all some clothes to go home in , ’ Nutty decided . |
| 17 | See as you 've found your wallet you can treat us to a chicken |
| 18 | No one can sack us , no one can take our pensions away , in Spycatcher three of us decided in favour of Mrs Thatcher and against the editor of The Sunday Times , and those three of us did n't care a damn for the editor of The Sunday Times . |
| 19 | Them Brits can 'ear us comin' a mile off what with your stampin' and clackin' and oléin' . |
| 20 | Do n't think you can fool us ! ’ |
| 21 | I must never forget that He can influence us to right interpretation and thinking and even to some inspired initiative of love . |
| 22 | Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you can oblige us with that bit of information you can turn the donkey loose and we 'll find it on the road for the man who reported it lost . |
| 24 | Both the external and the internal factors can affect us at the physical , emotional , mental and spiritual levels . |
| 25 | We must examine it to see what sense it can yield us in the case of those who , as it happens , are not men in the first place , and in what way , once this is done , it will have changed its meaning for those who , by no special fault or merit of their own , actually are so . |
| 26 | The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it . |
| 27 | He can introduce us to some American girls and boys who spoke up about what they noticed and liked . |
| 28 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 29 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 30 | But if you want the answers to your questions , then I 'd say yes , you can trust us : we do n't want to drive you away . |