Example sentences of "[v-ing] for us [prep] " 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 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 3 | Croydon-born Ted Harding had played for the Palace first team as early as October 1942 and he became the longest-playing survivor of our 1946–47 Football League side , for he was still appearing for us in April 1953 . |
| 4 | Were we going to go for impersonal macro-solutions , or were we going to realise that the people were looking for us as their leaders to provide an answer to their difficulties ? |
| 5 | If they come looking for us with tusk and fang you 'd better be ready with that Winchester peashooter of yours . " |
| 6 | While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ’ Famlio is looking for us in other sectors . |
| 9 | Financially , and for security , the English scene has a bit more going for us at the moment . |
| 10 | Back in Asyut the Friends of the Tourists were waiting for us outside our hotel . |
| 11 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 12 | As the years have passed , he 's started waiting for us at the door on visitors ' days . |
| 13 | Mr Trelawney was waiting for us at an inn , near the sea . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There was a ten-ton truck supposed to be waiting for us at Dili but it was n't there . |
| 16 | ‘ Sophia will be waiting for us at the vicarage , ’ said Mrs Grandison . |
| 17 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 18 | If your grandmother 's not waiting for us at a hotel , then where — ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She is waiting for us at home . ’ |
| 20 | The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press . |
| 21 | ‘ When we stopped at Glastonbury , Mistress Rachel sent a message , God knows how , to that old witch who was waiting for us with her prophecies . |
| 22 | Ward began to explain , about Iris Sunderby and the boat waiting for us in Punta Arenas . |
| 23 | The royal standard of England no longer fluttered on its pole , a sign that Henry and Wolsey had already departed with a small advance party though Doctor Agrippa had remained , waiting for us in our chamber . |
| 24 | Mandeville 's waiting for us in the hall below , talking about God 's vengeance come to judgement . ’ |
| 25 | The rest of the party were waiting for us in a courtyard full of yapping dogs ; long , lean greyhounds , black , white and brindled . |
| 26 | Matters were not helped when we found Doctor Agrippa waiting for us in a seaside tavern , cheerful and full of life as a well-fed sparrow . |
| 27 | Erm , they 're writing on behalf of the , to apply for a grant as detailed in the advert , erm , and basically , erm , it 's , it , they 're , they 're , they 're really asking for us for help to keep the thing running . |
| 28 | Submitted another letter from Bob to Housing Dept in which he expresses concern about the effects on the children and asking for us to be re-housed in a safer area . |
| 29 | On this occasion he is posing for us with the ‘ stripper ’ in one of the kilns . |
| 30 | 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 . |