Example sentences of "us [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1 I mean they 're paying for us to go for a meal you ca n't go dressed like
2 Let us think for a few moments of the wonderful achievements of the human race — the towns that have been built , the works of art that have been produced — the books , plays , films , pictures , music … the progress that has been made in science and technology .
3 Let us think for a moment about some of those who have been left behind .
4 Some of us needed to go out to the lavatory , and all of us asked for a wash .
5 To understand why this is so let us recapitulate for a moment .
6 Let us consider for a moment how one of Rowlandson 's plates for this work would be produced .
7 And now let us consider for a minute what we mean by Child Art , and what difference there is between child and adult forms of expression .
8 Let us assume for a moment that we could indeed fire her : should we ?
9 But that does not stop us yearning for a glamorous tan .
10 ‘ Yeah , ’ Billy yawned back , ‘ should keep us going for a week at least . ’
11 Shall we have that one or keep i keep us going for a bit ?
12 Let us look for a moment at the ozone shield .
13 He tells us to look for a loner , probably from a disturbed family background , may have a dominant mother , does n't relate easily to people , particularly women , could be impotent , unmarried , separated or divorced , with a resentment and hatred of the opposite sex .
14 Perhaps i i it 'll encourage us to look for a shorter route through to the , the , the solution .
15 ‘ Miss Tuckey told us to look for a narrow objective within a broader attack .
16 And they 're keep us waiting for an hour .
17 Let us pause for a moment over ‘ I want everyone to look at me ’ .
18 Now let us pause for a moment to think about two landmarks in Mrs O 's progress .
19 There is more bad news to come , but let us pause for a moment to take heart .
20 Before addressing those questions directly , let us return for a moment to the so-called ‘ Turing test ’ ( Turing 1950 ) mentioned earlier .
21 Let us return for a moment to the question of prognosis : what can be the outcome for modern societies of the phenomenon which we have been discussing ?
22 " Let us go for a drive .
23 Let us go for a moment to the Acropolis at Athens , a well-spread group of different buildings , all of the fifth century BC .
24 And erm so and there were , th in the evening the police used to let us go for a ride on the camels .
25 ‘ I 've got better things to worry about , ’ said my mother , not letting us forget for a moment her onerous wedding duties .
26 Let us suppose for a moment that the over-representation of Free Presbyterians ( and other evangelicals ) exists because even those members who are not evangelicals wish it .
27 That 's when the Caterham goes , eight months after five of us struggled for a weekend to built it in a cramped studio behind the office .
28 Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track .
29 I want us to think for a moment about the rights and needs of all those millions of children who do not go to school , who are invisible because very often development programmes tend to ignore er their needs .
30 I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it ,
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