Example sentences of "[v-ing] for us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 2 | During the day we lay up in the desert , camouflaging ourselves with pieces of hessian sacking against the R.A.F. patrols who were out looking for us from the air . |
| 3 | Financially , and for security , the English scene has a bit more going for us at the moment . |
| 4 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 5 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 6 | As the years have passed , he 's started waiting for us at the door on visitors ' days . |
| 7 | ‘ Sophia will be waiting for us at the vicarage , ’ said Mrs Grandison . |
| 8 | Mandeville 's waiting for us in the hall below , talking about God 's vengeance come to judgement . ’ |
| 9 | On Friday 4th March we all went out of Peking by bus to spend a morning at a commune — part of the ‘ Open-Door Schooling ’ policy , the idea being that by interpreting for us at the commune , and by collecting information etc. , the students could improve their English , and also devise suitable English-teaching materials based on commune life . |