Example sentences of "it was [adj] [prep] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained that we men were ready to stay if the meeting felt it was right for us to do so . |
| 2 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |
| 3 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 4 | It was good for us . |
| 5 | I thought it was good for us . |
| 6 | It was unforgivable of us — of me in particular . |
| 7 | It was untenable for us to continue to support and put energy into a political movement which in no ways respected or reflected our separate identity and struggle as Irish women . |
| 8 | It was rare for us to go into the city together . |
| 9 | It was impossible for us to pay her direct debit whether it was 25p or £25 overdrawn . |
| 10 | ‘ At 2.4% for items over FFr300,000 it was impossible for us to compete , now it is possible ’ , said M. Curiel . |
| 11 | However , following the case of Sofi v Prudential and the 1989 I O B Report it was necessary for us to revise our interpretation in this respect . |
| 12 | It was usual for us to call when we took the horses over to Mickleton to be shod . |
| 13 | It was new to us ! |
| 14 | ‘ It was difficult to help because it was dangerous for us , you know . |
| 15 | It was fantastic for us to win at Birkdale . |
| 16 | He ‘ hoped that the strategic assumption that it was vital to us to keep open the Mediterranean and that in fact we could , should be re-examined . |
| 17 | It was lucky for us all , was n't it , boys , that fancy new Saks store opened up on Fifth Avenue just before we came away ? " |
| 18 | Actually it was lucky for us because when John rang up the |
| 19 | ‘ But it was important for us to play together as much as possible , whether it was to a new crowd or just the same old people . |
| 20 | It was important for us to ensure that parents understood what ANDES position was , as the mass media was so intent on branding us as Communists in the hands of the Soviets . |
| 21 | Yes , at sunrise on Christmas Eve four years ago and , it was important for us to do exactly what we wanted because erm it was a second wedding for both of us and it was also erm we wanted to have something that represented sort of the aspirations of love and so , sunrise erm , and on the top of a hill did that for us . |
| 22 | The pace is a yard quicker out here and it was important for us to get the measure of the speed of the New Zealand game . |
| 23 | ‘ It was important to us to prove that we can actually dance and sing , ’ says Howard . |
| 24 | It was important to us in developing a new system now that we are very much of a worldwide supplier of accounting solutions , that we make it truly useable in all countries of the world . |
| 25 | But it was hard for us to see exactly how we had altered , beyond having some rough edges polished off and getting a better focus on some of our ideas and ambitions . |
| 26 | It was painful for us all to see a delightful candle being progressively snuffed out by the royal system and an empty marriage . ’ |
| 27 | If it was wrong for us to acknowledge our love while Dennis was alive , it would be even more wrong to deny it now . |
| 28 | Although the aromatherapy massage was helping to buffer some of the strain , it was obvious to us all that Owen needed help as well . |
| 29 | It was clear to us from the beginning that 1991 would not be a very good year to launch anything — from magazines to Scuds . |
| 30 | When my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and I visited some European capitals and Washington , it was clear to us that the whole character of the theory of nuclear strategy was under review . |