Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] us for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane had come to us for the time being . |
| 2 | And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them . |
| 3 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |
| 4 | Our younger daughter came with us for a year to Australia , where Michael had a visiting Professorship at Sydney University . |
| 5 | Johnny Miller played with us for the last two days . |
| 6 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 7 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 8 | Let the road run beneath us for a while . |
| 9 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 10 | As it seems that the ancient and archaic NDB is to remain with us for the foreseeable future , this might be a good time to take a closer look at its failings as an aid to navigation ? |
| 11 | There is still much to be done but the more we ‘ get it right first time ’ the more confidence our customers will have to remain with us for the long term future . |
| 12 | ‘ But nice Dr Blake here is going to make it feel better , and I think , to be on the safe side , you 'd better stay with us for a while , just so that we can make sure the headache does n't get any worse . |
| 13 | Brother Eadred rode with us for a while , two or three miles from the abbey gates . |
| 14 | She looked pleadingly at Tamar as she said , ‘ Mebbe when t'summer comes , your Mam 'll let thoo come and stop wi' us for a few days . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She 's been staying with us for a few days . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |
| 17 | He hung around us for a while . |
| 18 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 19 | I got back to Ingard House a bit after four o'clock , and went up to rooms 207–8 , the offices allotted to us for the purposes of our audit . |
| 20 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |
| 21 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 22 | So dress like us for an hour or so : come close , come closer : brush up against us if that 's what you want . |
| 23 | All we ask of you in return is to buy at least one book from each of the Reviews and stay with us for a minimum of six issues . |
| 24 | We 'll be previewing the new speedway season , there 's a look at the greyhound news and a round up of all the local leagues , so stay with us for the next hour . |
| 25 | Reserve team manager Eddie Kyle said : ‘ Parkinson has trained with us for a while . |
| 26 | We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance . |
| 27 | Les left the party for what he calls ‘ the superior ideology of Moral Re-Armament , ’ and has worked with us for the past sixteen years . |
| 28 | Things from childhood live with us for the rest of our lives . |
| 29 | Why do n't you come with us for an hour or so ? |
| 30 | ‘ Let's invite him to stay with us for a few days , then you can ask him yourself . ’ |