Example sentences of "and [verb] us for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 2 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 3 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 4 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and |
| 7 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 8 | We would come into a village and 20 to 30 people would come and join us for two or three days . ’ |
| 9 | Diana 's father will use our fields and pay us for them , and so we 'll have some money . |
| 10 | We walk down the street and are instantly recognised by a handsome Latino man and his girlfriend who come over and ask us for works . |
| 11 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 12 | He 'd just rob us and tie us up and leave us for the wolves , I expect . ’ |
| 13 | Live fast , die young and then come back and haunt us for ever . |
| 14 | The natural physiological mechanisms put us in a state of alert and prepare us for what is called the fight-or-flight response . |
| 15 | It will be white with a god-like figure like those Tibetan Buddhist temples which reflect the old vision of the winged disc and prepare us for the new . |
| 16 | Branch out and join us for : workshops — tree planting — exhibitions — food — stimulation and relaxation . |
| 17 | Come along on Tuesday 11 September , 6 to 8 pm , meet the Pallants and join us for champagne and informal modelling . |
| 18 | Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk , ’ said Mr Utterson . |
| 20 | And join us for the first day of the Henley Royal Regatta for a parade of feasting , fashion and rowing . |
| 21 | Come and see us for a pint , I 'll meet you in so and so and we 'll go for a pint ’ , and all that , y'know . |
| 22 | But it catches us with our pants down and they go back to and blame us for it . |