Example sentences of "us for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |
| 2 | Having tried several adjustments to the system over the past 6 years , I hope this provides a format which will serve us for a good while into the future . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They have got a tangible programme from us for a devolved administration with something for all dimensions of the problem . |
| 17 | They have got a tangible programme from us for a devolved administration with something for all dimensions of the problem . |
| 18 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 19 | ‘ Because although we 'll try to outwit Balor , we might have him with us for a goodish while , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk , ’ said Mr Utterson . |
| 22 | These multitudinous associations — and more could easily come to mind — prepare us for a sentimental reunion scene ( if it is Emma ) or an adoption scene ( 'Let me be your father' , etc . ) . |
| 23 | Join us for a fun day out on the Dash Discovery Trail on Sunday June 7 — and bring your family and friends ! |
| 24 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | He left us for a glamorous Frenchwoman and he never even sent me a card in all that time . ’ |
| 27 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 28 | Gordon Macpherson 's Prosen , a long arch of sound , eerie music from distant mountains with the instruments imitating and overlapping in echo effect , taught the ear to listen and prepared us for a fresh hearing of Tchaikovsky 's Souvenir de Florence , ravishing but not cloying , spinning to a close in the exacting fugue which made the composer laugh when he first played it . |
| 29 | Join us for a step-by-step guide to setting up an Amazon tank , an in-depth guide to breeding the large but well-mannered cichlid , Theraps nicaraguense , a look at the marine stunner , the Emperor Angel and winter pond management . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |