Example sentences of "be [adj -er] for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | he 's got to be himself , for , yeah selfish it 's been easier for us for transport problem , if Paul decides to go somewhere else I think you 've got to give 'em them freedom to do it , freedom of choice |
| 2 | For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . ’ |
| 3 | Probably the tea would of been better for us . |
| 4 | The guards had always said that they were n't bothered about anyone in British gaols , so we 'd hoped it would be easier for us to get out than for the others . |
| 5 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
| 6 | One day they came to take us away , saying it would be better for us — what do they know ? |
| 7 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Our wives and our little ones will become a prey ; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt ? |
| 9 | Advertisements , packages and labels all stress that their product contains only natural ingredients , since ‘ natural ’ things are supposed to be better for us . |
| 10 | The matter crosses delicate and dangerous ground , and it might be better for us both if it remained unexplored . ’ |
| 11 | Nevertheless it will be the Schrödinger point of view that will be better for us to follow . |
| 12 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 13 | Nothing could have been worse for us than the children having to suffer and , thankfully , so far they have not had to . |
| 14 | This is easier for us , for it presents less challenge to the habits of our mental and emotional processes . |
| 15 | Let us suppose that binary oppositions are natural in the sound system of a language , that because of the physical properties of our auditory apparatus it is easier for us to distinguish x/not-x-type contrasts . |
| 16 | It is easier for us to do this than it is for the English or Americans . ’ |
| 17 | And and I 'm all in favour as I say getting more through the letter box , it 's easier for us and it But I I think I mean I 'm quite happy to leave this now and just carry on with the bridal But we have to make this pay itself |
| 18 | It 's easier for us |
| 19 | we said it 's easier for us than to keep borrowing Eileen 's every year |
| 20 | Yeah well it 's cheaper for us anyway . |
| 21 | I mean , we 're buying coal which is subsidised abroad so therefore it 's cheaper for us to buy it and bring it in , but what happens when all , all our home supplies have dried up |
| 22 | And she said , he said she said yes that 's cheaper for us . |
| 23 | I think we 're all agreed that it 's better for us to die honourably together in this way than to risk a worse fate at the hands of the enemy . " |
| 24 | If we can get full pages fine but sometimes it 's better for us to get these . |
| 25 | Thursday 's better for us to go and then nanny took it apart . |
| 26 | ‘ It is better for us to say we are going to have to institute a series of strict priorities . |
| 27 | Although we were terrified that they would find where we had hidden our film equipment , it was easier for us than for our crewmates to express our anger , and we blustered the officials off the ship . |
| 28 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 29 | That was better for us because it 's in the next district and meant they had to do the work and not us . ’ |