Example sentences of "[verb] us for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 2 | In addition to the obvious environmental benefits , this will also qualify us for a cash award from Save-a-Cup which will be donated to charity . ’ |
| 3 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 4 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 5 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 6 | The effects of the adrenaline which prepared us for a fight or flight situation actually work against us when we can not do either . |
| 7 | Gordon Macpherson 's Prosen , a long arch of sound , eerie music from distant mountains with the instruments imitating and overlapping in echo effect , taught the ear to listen and prepared us for a fresh hearing of Tchaikovsky 's Souvenir de Florence , ravishing but not cloying , spinning to a close in the exacting fugue which made the composer laugh when he first played it . |
| 8 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 9 | ‘ When you telephone us for a quote , we will assign a member of staff to you , whom you can contact whenever you need to , without fear of being charged extra in costs , as some solicitors are wont to do every time you telephone them . |
| 10 | You have n't used us for a while . |
| 11 | In August , we rented a house in Wales , and Shanti and Chris , our son Barney and his wife Veronika , and their children Mark and Rachel all joined us for a seaside holiday . |
| 12 | That weekend , we had a glorious ride and walk in Derbyshire , and our family joined us for a meal . |
| 13 | He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and |
| 14 | ‘ Mary , my dear , you will excuse us for a moment . |
| 15 | Namely he has expressed his wish to King Leopold of the Belgians and requested him to press us for a withdrawal . |
| 16 | OR ring us for a schedule of all our courses . |
| 17 | Ring us for a leaflet and book the yacht direct . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you joining us for a swim ? ’ asked David in a loud voice . |
| 19 | Do join us for a glass of cognac or champagne . |
| 20 | I imagine he is impressed and that he will invite us for a coffee after , but when I look again he is gone . |
| 21 | and then that will take us for a period of about probably three months cos we 're saying we 'll done one at least every six weeks . |
| 22 | Contact us for a copy of the appropriate catalogue . |
| 23 | Well our company decided to send us for a fucking first aid course and this , it 's er most embarrassing on this particular night we 'd stopped in er in the Chapel Hill in Lisburn |
| 24 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |
| 25 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
| 26 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 27 | ‘ The peculiar thing is that Blackbeard seemed ready to murder us for a wallet with a few fivers in it , all of which he was going to give to his bruiser , anyway . |
| 28 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 29 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 30 | She took us for a walk with a soldier , |