Example sentences of "be [prep] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's all there 's ever been between us ! |
| 2 | ‘ Admit that this has been between us since we first saw each other . |
| 3 | He said , ‘ How wonderful it has been for us both to seek new understanding of each other as we have prayed together and sought healing from each other 's wounds . ’ |
| 4 | There is no mention anywhere of the fact that these were brothers and sisters , nor that they were born in Frome ; that has been for us to establish later . |
| 5 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 6 | Ten-year-olds being sworn into the Deutsches Jungvolk and Deutsche Jungmädelschaft on that day had to pledge an almost religious vow : ‘ You , Führer , are for us our command ! |
| 7 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 8 | Surely all three are for us among the great achievements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ? |
| 9 | Through it all runs the most noble assumption — that no human need be daunted by the stature even of a genius such as Shakespeare , that his wisdoms and magics are for us all and that Johnson himself is an eager and willing guide . |
| 10 | Carry on now , they are for us . |
| 11 | In a letter of May 1259 , Gaston VII of Béarn referred to the lordship which he exercised over Amanieu VI , lord of Albret , and to the ‘ contracts [ convenz ] that are between us ’ . |
| 12 | But still they are after us ! |
| 13 | Both are of us are in business . |
| 14 | Should we , because we 're for us today ? |
| 15 | Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're after us . |
| 17 | They passed us , waited for us to catch them up and they 're behind us again . ’ |
| 18 | is n't so bad but , I mean if you 're like us and I mean the smoke 's just |
| 19 | You 're with us again , ’ she muttered beneath her breath . |
| 20 | You 're with us , are n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | That will shut up the winging Wednesday , West Ham , Swindon , etc etc fans — ’ You 're above us … but we play really good footbal to watch … ’ . |
| 22 | But they 're above us on cos our goal average must look absolutely diabolical now . |
| 23 | Hobbes found it remarkable that some , but not all , things had conscious awareness and perception : ‘ Of all the phenomena or appearances which are near us , the most admirable is apparition itself … namely , that some natural bodies have in themselves the patterns almost of all things , and others of none at all . ’ |
| 24 | The embarrassment increased as hoards of people who had been behind us passed me with odd , pitying looks , clearly curious as to what the hell I was doing squatting down by a rock on my own some considerable distance from the summit . |
| 25 | Oh it would be really nice you know , especially for the supporters that 's been behind us all season , so hopefully we can do it for them . |
| 26 | ‘ Most of the yard has been ill , and the ground has been against us . |
| 27 | ‘ If the inhabitants are like us , they will respect us only if they see that we are strong . ’ |
| 28 | This Cartesian illusion is directly linked with the universal belief that " we " ( people like us ) can be distinguished from " they " ( people who are like us in external form but not like us in their inner essence ) . |
| 29 | In many ways they have processes that are like us . |
| 30 | Announcing the measures to parliament , Hawke stated that " the days of our being able to hitch a free ride in a world clamouring , and prepared to pay high prices , for our rural and mineral products are behind us " . |