Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] us for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
| 2 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 3 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 4 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 5 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 6 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 7 | Without them having to ask us for the address . |
| 8 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 9 | At the end of the formal presentation not all had joined us for the stomach churners , preferring to get to the office and start selling those new protection contracts . |
| 10 | However , nothing had prepared us for the abundance and variety of scallops , mussels , every species in the shrimp to lobster continuum as well as some very funny-looking goose-neck barnacles . |
| 11 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |