Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] us for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Our younger daughter came with us for a year to Australia , where Michael had a visiting Professorship at Sydney University . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Let the road run beneath us for a while . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Brother Eadred rode with us for a while , two or three miles from the abbey gates . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She 's been staying with us for a few days . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |
| 11 | He hung around us for a while . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So dress like us for an hour or so : come close , come closer : brush up against us if that 's what you want . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Reserve team manager Eddie Kyle said : ‘ Parkinson has trained with us for a while . |
| 16 | Why do n't you come with us for an hour or so ? |
| 17 | ‘ Let's invite him to stay with us for a few days , then you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 18 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |
| 19 | Looking ahead , we are privileged to have with us for a Conference on 23rd & 24th October , Roger Forster , leader of the Icthus Fellowship in London . |
| 20 | ‘ Sara Lee 's been playing with us for a while ; it was Scott Litt ( REM producer ) who recommended her , and I love the way she plays bass . |
| 21 | If your college is not yet involved in the programme you can write to us for an application form at the address given below and we will endeavour to link you into a college undertaking the programme . |
| 22 | We have values of 80 per cent thrown at us for a fish which , when feeding on natural food , ingests about 80 per cent water and around 7 per cent protein ! |
| 23 | So , the businessman goes across the road to the people running the schools , and says , ‘ These are the jobs we want filled , if you can teach the children these skills we will give them priority if they come to us for a job when they leave . ’ |
| 24 | This code allows you to actually record any production music before you come to us for a licence . |
| 25 | Let us get the great working for us for a change . ’ ’ |
| 26 | He stayed with us for a while in Salisbury early in 1921 and I can still hear him thumping away on the piano singing his favourite song ‘ Signora ’ in a not very tuneful voice . |
| 27 | She stayed with us for a month while we regained our strength , doing all the cooking and washing until my mother was fit enough to take over . |
| 28 | Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know . |
| 29 | In view of what happened on the rugby field last week the French are unlikely to speak to us for a decade or so . |