Example sentences of "be [noun] for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
| 2 | Erm what we get for the money , and erm where there are possibilities for us to consider reducing that overhead . |
| 3 | The upshot of deifying humanity is this : animals are ours , animals are our property , animals are resources for us , animals are our tasters , animals are our tools . |
| 4 | ‘ Some of the fellows talk of coming back here in peacetime , but it will be England for us , Anne , once I 'm safely home . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ There may be benefits for us too — if we do n't get on with the new rector he may only be here for five years , ’ said Miss Duff . |
| 8 | It used to be dinner for us at night , you see , cos we did n't have time for stopping like at lunchtime . |
| 9 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Can you go upstairs , it 's in Si 's bedroom for us ? |
| 12 | ‘ There 's work for us here . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Ended is night for us ; |
| 15 | It is time for us to thank . |
| 16 | ‘ Now it is time for us to part , alas , alas ! |
| 17 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's time for us to close now , love . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | It 's time for us to join the fight … and the best way to fight is education … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 22 | In summer this was heaven for us because it sometimes took hours to put things right and we would miss a large chunk of lessons . |
| 23 | It was time for us to get on with the climbing . |