Example sentences of "us to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 2 | Yes means a time for us to be together , us and only us in a place that is beautiful and special and quiet and does n't know just how amazing a love is about to transform it into one of those Indian summer memories that make deaf old ladies grin knowingly , when you think they are dead in a deckchair on the sea front . |
| 3 | We know now why God chose us to be agents and not lollipop persons or antique dealers . |
| 4 | Most of these are n't signed , but if we look at them early and register our interest in the act , we hope the band will consider us to be their agent when they have a record deal . |
| 5 | The European consortium did not appear to us to be particularly cohesive in their aims and objectives . |
| 6 | ‘ Let the burning of these books remind us to be everlastingly on our guard against Imperialism and War . ’ |
| 7 | Will you help us to be there when they need us ? |
| 8 | Your support for our work will enable us to be even more effective . |
| 9 | He wants us to be with Him , so that He can show us His Love . |
| 10 | Submitted another letter from Bob to Housing Dept in which he expresses concern about the effects on the children and asking for us to be re-housed in a safer area . |
| 11 | ‘ Better for us to be involved than you personally , John . ’ |
| 12 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 13 | And I feel if now we deny ourselves our greatest delight and say our love alone shall make us strong , our strength shall not depend on anything but our love then indeed I think we shall be creating an independence of each other , which can only make our binding sympathy more perfect … . for the present , for the 14 months before I am 21 then I have after much real thought , much consideration decided that it would be best for both of us to be separated … |
| 14 | We wonder if she has ever heard of chronic paranoid schizophrenia , and she tells us to be quiet . |
| 15 | I want us to be together in the next life . ’ |
| 16 | ’ As I read it we could not restrain abundant tears and I felt instinctively as if it were a gentle , loving hint to us to be prepared for what followed . ’ |
| 17 | It appears to us to be wide enough to cover the mind 's activities in all its aspects , not only the perception of physical acts and matters and the ability to form a rational judgment whether an act is right or wrong , but also the ability to exercise will-power to control physical acts in accordance with that rational judgment . |
| 18 | Philosophy , if it is anything , is a linguistic activity which teaches us to be critical about linguistic categories . |
| 19 | For us to be reduced to the level of a Balkan state is very hard . |
| 20 | Miklós Vajda : Here in Hungary it would be very difficult for us to be integrated quickly into a structure like that of the European Community . |
| 21 | ‘ Because I want us to be friends . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The West and the Americans keep telling us to be realistic . |
| 23 | As the recriminations between the brothers become more explosive , and the wounds of jealousy reopen , I 've a horrible suspicion that Harwood wants us to be genuinely moved , but after all the superficial comedy , his attempt to lend the play emotional depth arouses embarrassment rather than pity . |
| 24 | ‘ If Kinnock needed one of us to be hung from Blackfriars Bridge at dawn every day to win , we would have drawn lots , ’ said a senior TUC official . |
| 25 | May we use his example to remind us to be caring and compassionate to everyone this Christmas time . |
| 26 | It 's easy for us to be friendly and kind to people that we think highly of or that we want to impress . |
| 27 | Suppose there existed a God who wished us to be unsure whether or not He existed . |
| 28 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 29 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 30 | 2 In the Space section it would help us to be able to illustrate scene 14 in some way . |