Example sentences of "[prep] we for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | My first stop was at the Halcyon Days stand where I found Mrs Benjamin with her husband ; she runs the wonderful Halcyon Days shop in Brook Street , which is such a godsend to so many of us for an attractive last-minute present . |
| 3 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 4 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 5 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 6 | Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time . |
| 7 | Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 8 | Well we all know from our own history books that fire has been with us for a long long time has n't it ? |
| 9 | Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come . |
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| 11 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 12 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 13 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Let's invite him to stay with us for a few days , then you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 16 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | One day during the early summer , Guy Gibson of Dam Busters fame flew in to Bourn and was with us for a few hours . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's been staying with us for a few days . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |
| 21 | Am I right in saying that Susan 's with us for a full year every Wednesday and John is supposed to be with us for a term but it 's been extended has n't it |
| 22 | ‘ Because although we 'll try to outwit Balor , we might have him with us for a goodish while , ’ he said . |
| 23 | It 's tuesday and so Dr Kathleen Long 's here with us for an open surgery . |
| 24 | They have got a tangible programme from us for a devolved administration with something for all dimensions of the problem . |
| 25 | They have got a tangible programme from us for a devolved administration with something for all dimensions of the problem . |
| 26 | It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Er few problems with the job before we started or during the job er , come back to us for a six so far so we have to What we will do is drop them down and Er another problem with the job is we 're about three week 's behind er arranged for them to come in on Monday . |
| 29 | Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins . |
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