Example sentences of "[verb] we [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 2 | Liverpool University has not approached us regarding flood defence assessment . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm afraid you have n't caught us at our best . |
| 4 | You 've caught us at kind of a low point . ’ |
| 5 | But he 'd have called the police anyway and they might really have caught us at it . |
| 6 | PLAYER : ( Acknowledging the description with a sweep of his hat , bowing : sadly ) You should have caught us in better times . |
| 7 | All cancellations incur a charge payable by you to compensate us for our offices . |
| 8 | All cancellations incur a charge payable by you to compensate us for our estimated losses and expenses , calculated as shown here as a percentage of the total holiday price of the person(s) making the cancellation , inclusive of all extras except holiday insurance premiums as shown here . |
| 9 | To compensate us for the expense of processing your booking and for the risk that we may not be able to resell the holiday we charge a cancellation fee on the scale shown below . |
| 10 | By the time he drops us in Earls Court , the back of his cab smells like we dropped a bottle of brandy . |
| 11 | He coasts it through Southwark to the Old Vic , crosses Waterloo Bridge , heads west along the Strand into Trafalgar Square — empty of pigeons in the dove-grey light — mooches out through the West End , glides round Hyde Park Corner as if it was always free of traffic , and drops us in Earls Court like it was just the street next door . |
| 12 | That does n't suit us at all . |
| 13 | That does n't suit us at all . |
| 14 | So many of us keep so many medicines on our shelves for donkeys years in the hope that we might find a pill that will suit us at some time . |
| 15 | Our new landlady made it clear that she was delighted to accept us in preference to yet more evacuee children . |
| 16 | If you are interested in our products but are unable to visit us please phone or fax us for our mail order lists . |
| 17 | That blessed us with the vision faith had won , |
| 18 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 19 | The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it . |
| 20 | It struck me as extraordinary that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) should attack us on that point . |
| 21 | ‘ We never expected that they would attack us from behind — from Ethiopia , ’ said Dr Justin Arop , SPLA representative in Nairobi . |
| 22 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |
| 23 | The first two hours knock us into shape , however , as we battle with the boulder-strewn approach to Condoriri . |
| 24 | He can introduce us to some American girls and boys who spoke up about what they noticed and liked . |
| 25 | Oliver 's serenade will introduce us to Vitellia and Sesto , Annio and Servillia , and the Emperor Titus — ‘ and it will be clear that the first couple have a really terrible time , and that the second pair have a really nice time , and that the last gent , the one who does n't get married at the end , has to reconcile the emotions of the other four in himself . ’ |
| 26 | A re-evaluation of our current and potential interests in the area would help re-balance our contributions in geographical terms , and it just might introduce us to some useful new artistic interests and commercial concerns . |
| 27 | The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been slowly starving us to death , ’ they said . |
| 29 | Can you assist us on the approach which you have adopted in terms not only of greenbelt function , but of the need for a strategic reserve ? |
| 30 | — the way in which he and his colleagues can assist us on an individual basis . |