Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] of we " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the nineteen of us who were to be awarded our white képis , there was the certainty of a place with one of the Foreign Legion 's Regiments , and the satisfaction of having made it this far through basic training . |
| 2 | The average charge for an overnight stay in such historic surroundings was £16 for the four of us , including breakfast . |
| 3 | Our daughters cooked meals for us sometimes , and one dear friend suggested that she and her husband came to supper , bringing with them a meal for the four of us . |
| 4 | There is not enough room in the world for the two of us , he wrote . |
| 5 | I had prepared an unimaginative tunafish salad for the two of us in order to show off my new personal austerity programme . |
| 6 | If he 's met with an accident , the moors are far too vast for the two of us to cover much of an area before dark . ’ |
| 7 | It happened to work for the two of us , we were lucky . |
| 8 | They said if we did n't consent for him to claim for the two of us , they 'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting . |
| 9 | He 's gon na see him again , do n't get me wrong , Doctor said he 'll send for the both of us , right ? |
| 10 | On its roof there were four sledges — three ordinary ones for the three of us , and a monster for Odd-Knut , built , it seemed to us , to carry everything including the proverbial . |
| 11 | It was far too small for the three of us to live on . |
| 12 | ‘ It would n't be worth dragging all the way to Spain just for the three of us , darling . ’ |
| 13 | My two brothers have worked for my father all their lives and there is n't really enough for the three of us to do . |
| 14 | Meals for the three of us — two adults and a child — ranged from around £22 to £35 , depending on what tickled our fancy . |
| 15 | But the accommodation there is too small for the three of us |
| 16 | Anita makes a pot of tea for the three of us . |
| 17 | We expected Michael Foot , Roy Jenkins and Tony Wedgwood Benn to stand , but when Denis Healey and Tony Crosland also announced they were candidates , my team calculated that I would lose a number of votes to them , for the three of us were close in our thinking and attitudes . |
| 18 | Our nervous Iraqi guards kept us inside the small bungalow that was ‘ home ’ for the 12 of us . |
| 19 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 20 | Matthew Arnold echoed the belief in 1869 that the social system was groaning under the weight of ‘ those vast , miserable , unmanageable masses of sunken people — one pauper at the present moment , for every nineteen of us ’ . |
| 21 | Perhaps the book of lamentation is not the book you normally turn to , to find words of encouragement , but there are tremendous encouragements to be found in it , listen what the profits says there , in the third chapter , he says this I recall to my mind , and he 's talking about the time of his own affliction , the time when he is going through it , the time when nobody loves him , the time when everybody 's against him , when he 's suffering and he 's in pain the time when life is full of bitterness for him , he says this I recall to my mind , therefore I have hope , the lords loving kindness indeed never ceases for his compassion 's never fail and here Jesus is demonstrating that , he 's compassion 's never fail , he 's loving kindnesses they never cease , here in his dying hour Jesus is showing that in reaching out to this man but as we said the other week the , the deepest , the most important significance of what Jesus did then , of what Jesus said then , its not just of the historical account , but that he is able and willing to say and to do exactly the same today in your experience and in mine , what he did for that man on the cross he 's ready and willing to do for every one of us the incident may of happened nineteen hundred years ago , but there 's the old hymn , the verse reminds us , picks out that very story and it says the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day and there may I , though via us he wash all my sins away , and that verse from William Cowper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event , that tremendous happening in that man 's life and he links it with a present and it applies it to you and to me and says this can be our experience as well . |
| 22 | So for every one of us they hurt , we will get ten . |
| 23 | Protestants are getting very edgy and unless there is a change in security policy the situation is going to be very serious for every one of us in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 24 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 25 | But you know , for every one of us as Christians , Jesus Christ lives in us by the Holy Spirit , by his spirit . |
| 26 | And so it 's for you it 's for me , for the person sitting beside you and behind , it is for every one of us ! |
| 27 | What he did for that man on the cross , he 's ready and willing to do for every one of us . |
| 28 | I 've , and he , again he , the the psalm says , I come into your banqueting house , and er er , So Solomon rather , and your , and your banner over me as well , there is sufficient provision for every one of us ! |