Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still . |
| 2 | In fact , the healthy eating rules that apply to everyone , stand us in good stead for preventing high blood pressure and heart disease . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 4 | Better performance in 1993 must be everybody 's objective and despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that surrounds us there has been plenty happening in our Division in 1992 to put us in good shape for the challenge of 1993 . |
| 5 | ‘ We should look to the Holy Spirit to guide us for good news . |
| 6 | Even if we decide to do very differently , a knowledge of what has been strong and efficient elsewhere can guide us towards good results . |
| 7 | ‘ Meanwhile , our strong balance sheet and the fundamental strengths of our businesses , keep us in good shape for future worldwide recovery . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 9 | The ongoing commitment can only hold us in good stead in the eyes of our established and potential clients as a company of recognised capability . |
| 10 | " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . " |
| 11 | If , as children , we were given healing opportunities to grieve for a range of losses , whether it was falling and losing our precariously-achieved sense of balance , the death of a cat , the breaking of a doll or having to move house , we will have learned skills which will stand us in good stead later . |
| 12 | That is a widening of personal opportunity , a lifting of the nation 's educational attainments and a sharpening of our competitive skills which will stand us in good stead for the future . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the Picasso Trigger needs constant water tests and monitoring , like all marine fish , and should get us into good habits again . |
| 14 | They will generate a lot of revenue that will put us in good stead for the future . |
| 15 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 16 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 17 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 18 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 19 | Now we had moved on to bigger and better things , this predictability still stood us in good stead . |
| 20 | This was only owr fift defeet in ten leeg games ( we allso went don 2- at Clansford ) so it stood us in good sted for owr Fst rownd match against Drizley Welfare in the ‘ FARMBOY SHEEP SCAB LINEMENT INTER-LEAGUE TROPHY ’ . |
| 21 | At least it stood us in good stead for Tuesday night 's game at Scrimley Arsenal , where we came away with a very creditable 2–4 defeat . |
| 22 | As we thawed out so our curling improved , which stood us in good stead when the tour progressed into the curling hotbed regions of Edmonton , Weyburn , Saskatoon and Calgary . |
| 23 | All of our Chief Executives accept er , cash generation targets erm , either cash generation or ratio of working capital to er , to sales and that kind of thing and erm , as well as er , profit to turn over issues and that 's er , stood us in good stead this year . |