Example sentences of "be [noun] [prep] us [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm what we get for the money , and erm where there are possibilities for us to consider reducing that overhead . |
| 2 | so seen are things beyond us to construe |
| 3 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There will be time for us to have a look round Westminster Abbey , ’ said Lady Selvedge , not in the least disturbed by the upsetting little incident of the pudding . |
| 6 | It is nonsense for us to debate such matters in Committee for an hour and a half and then , at the end of the debate , we vote not on the merits of the matter but on whether it has been considered . |
| 7 | It is time for us to thank . |
| 8 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's time for us to close now , love . ’ |
| 10 | It 's time for us to join the fight … and the best way to fight is education … ’ |
| 11 | I suppose if you were either one of them it would be nice but I 'd go out and say to them , ‘ David , it 's time for us to do a vocal now ’ and Angie would say , ‘ Oh , Davey Wavey , do you have to leave me now ? ’ , to which he 'd reply , ‘ Oh , Angie Pangie , I suppose I do — old Uncle Tony wants me in the studio . ’ |
| 12 | It was time for us to get on with the climbing . |