Example sentences of "[vb pp] we [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading continues to be difficult in all the major European markets , but our cost cutting programmes have positioned us well for recovery . |
| 2 | The extraordinary circumstances of the last three days have bound us together for a minimum of eighteen hours a day , breakfast , lunch and dinner , and we 've got to know each other well . |
| 3 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ It is more important than the general election itself that we maintain a constitution that has served us well for generations , and ought not to be lightly tampered with for party political purposes in the midst of the general election . ’ |
| 5 | As one participant has suggested , the first intellectual task is to set on one side an archaeology of knowledge which has served us well for at least three centuries . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ All that has held us together for years is that I 've been working for you . |