Example sentences of "was [verb] for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brandy was poured immediately , and ‘ On a side-board was placed for us , who had come off the sea , a substantial dinner , and a variety of wines . ’ |
| 2 | You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range . |
| 3 | We thought you was looking for us , that 's all . ’ |
| 4 | While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere . |
| 5 | What they witnessed , and what was recreated for us by the Ulster Youth Dance Company in Stranmillis College Theatre at the weekend was a spectacle far more disturbing and revolutionary . |
| 6 | And now she was heading for us , the biro between her teeth , the light of battle glinting behind her frameless glasses . |
| 7 | it was erm it was bought for us in July ah July |
| 8 | Mohan Lal was waiting for us when we came out to breakfast on 31 October . |
| 9 | At the entrance to the station a big Mercedes with two men in Luftwaffe uniform and a driver inside was waiting for us . |
| 10 | Staff Nurse Humber was waiting for us . |
| 11 | The mail was waiting for us . |
| 12 | Greta Ross was waiting for us . |
| 13 | At Clara 's house Magwitch was waiting for us , wrapped in a dark cloak . |
| 14 | Mr Trelawney was waiting for us at an inn , near the sea . |
| 15 | When we came back , Ben Gunn was waiting for us . |
| 16 | ‘ How did you know he was waiting for us ? ’ asked Billie as they took a taxi into the centre of London . |
| 17 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 18 | ‘ When we stopped at Glastonbury , Mistress Rachel sent a message , God knows how , to that old witch who was waiting for us with her prophecies . |
| 19 | We hid our disgust and made our way up to the main door where the ever-benevolent Doctor Agrippa was waiting for us . |
| 20 | A steward wearing d'Aubigny 's livery , blue with silver fleur de lys , announced His Lordship was waiting for us outside . |
| 21 | The Scottish envoy was waiting for us , sitting on a fallen tree trunk , talking to one of his clerks who tactfully withdrew as we approached . |
| 22 | The steward was waiting for us at the foot of the steps . |
| 23 | The scarlet execution cart was waiting for us , the skulls of hanged men decorating each side . |
| 24 | The man who was asking for us ? ’ |
| 25 | was to die for us , he said as soon as man came not to be ministered to , but to minister and to give his soul for life , as a ransom in exchange for |
| 26 | ‘ We have never given up hope , especially as everyone in the North West was fighting for us , ’ added Fran . |
| 27 | We lost five chaps in about a fortnight ; and the work was left for us grandsons , the boys , to do . |
| 28 | That one was taken for us at Kristof Laszlo 's studio — you 'd have to ask him about it . ’ |
| 29 | He became a huge favourite with pre-war fans , who loved his fiercely determined performances , and it was while Bob was playing for us that we came closest to clinching the Southern League championship , being denied on goal average alone by Swindon Town in 1913–14 . |
| 30 | The opening ceremony was managed for us by Cosmo PR in Tokyo and a specially selected audience of 120 people came to the event including around 70 customers from the four business areas represented at KITEC . |