Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] us for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 2 | Tomorrow , of course , Kathleen Long joins us for the Phone the Doc slot . |
| 3 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 4 | So join us for that and loads of other goodies tomorrow . |
| 5 | While the plodding votary of meaning is anxiously inquiring out the sense … his fellow-worshipper , remembering that our eyes were not given us for nothing … roves , in gazing ecstasy from page to page , till here and there arrested by the choice vignette or richly tinctured plate . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 7 | If you 've just joined us for the eight o'clock news , as many people do , welcome . |
| 8 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 9 | There was one general 's wife who looked like a peasant in disguise and another woman whose get-up produced ill-concealed mirth among the assembly , but an icy glance from the Empress soon punished us for it . |
| 10 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 11 | And our agreement does not provide us for time off with pay for an event such as this . |
| 12 | But perhaps that 's not what you 'll best remember us for . |
| 13 | they just accept us for what we are , they know that we 're not gon na upset their lifestyle , we 're not gon na start raiding their place at six in the morning . |
| 14 | If you are an ‘ end-user ’ with a potential interest in an open systems approach to distributed processing , particularly if you are using OSI products , why not contact us for further details and a copy of the ‘ marriage broking ’ form ? |
| 15 | Now the angels will not bless us for another year . ’ |
| 16 | It also did something to the plumbing , and it was decided not to keep us for the month we had been promised , but to billet us out to houses nearby . |
| 17 | For example , we would be surprised if the police did not wear a particular uniform or if a traffic warden did not book us for parking on a yellow line . |
| 18 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |
| 19 | Future generations will not thank us for spending our energies and money on nuclear weapons , and on the unseemly attraction of enormous wealth to a tiny minority in north America and western Europe while the majority of the population of the world sees nothing but environmental destruction and the continuing decline in living standards . |
| 20 | ‘ Now , sit in this chair next to me , ’ he said , and with a sudden change of tone and manner , said , ‘ You must not blame us for keeping up such high standards of public behaviour . |
| 21 | Just call us for more details about the group , and their next meeting , which is on July the sixteenth . |
| 22 | ( When he finally left us for the United States , he took these gifts back from me , with the excuse that as he had bought them in Berlin he wanted to show them to the dancer . |
| 23 | These do not concern us for Kursk guberniia , which was almost exclusively Great Russian and Orthodox , but the traditional independence of the Old Believer elements in the Siberian peasantry must not be forgotten . |
| 24 | ( Jakobson associates relationships of contiguity with the figure metonymy , and those of equivalence with that of metaphor , a point which need not concern us for the moment , but which will become relevant in the discussion of Lacan later . ) |
| 25 | A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative . |
| 26 | Again , the explanation still defeats us for the reason why and how Claxby box , locked up and deserted , could give the 5-5-5 bell code to Market Rasen ( the bell code for opening signalbox ) . |
| 27 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 28 | How can these people ever forgive us for all this damage ? ’ |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The boss at Compulsion is a guy called Chris Hughes who originally signed us for Phonogram , so it was almost like starting over again . |