Example sentences of "will [verb] us [prep] good " in BNC.

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1 They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still .
2 " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . "
3 If , as children , we were given healing opportunities to grieve for a range of losses , whether it was falling and losing our precariously-achieved sense of balance , the death of a cat , the breaking of a doll or having to move house , we will have learned skills which will stand us in good stead later .
4 That is a widening of personal opportunity , a lifting of the nation 's educational attainments and a sharpening of our competitive skills which will stand us in good stead for the future .
5 They will generate a lot of revenue that will put us in good stead for the future .
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