Example sentences of "[verb] on our " in BNC.
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| 1 | I passed to her the wisdom I picked up eavesdropping on our two eldest sisters , whose lives were then lived in romantic turmoil . |
| 2 | The Rules of Space : how do we behave on our ( or the alien 's ) space ship ? |
| 3 | My brother-in-law said he read in the paper that erm over a year sort of the amount of oil tipped on our land and down drains which should n't be there is almost like equivalent to the disaster at Exxon Valdez . |
| 4 | When Howard and I were attacked on our way back from the hills , two of the men were carrying Lugers — they 're unmistakable . ’ |
| 5 | What you will need on our Walking Tour |
| 6 | President , we do n't need on our door . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought the big National Hunt boys would have been banging on our door , ’ he admitted . |
| 8 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 9 | Introduce Suitable Opportunities to clients and contacts whose acquisition requirements are known to us and appear on our database ( BUYERS ) . |
| 10 | Almost unbelievable stories of courage in the face of danger regularly appear on our cinema and television screens , featuring men and women whom an ungrateful country has been only too happy to forget . |
| 11 | Almost unbelievable stories of courage in the face of danger regularly appear on our cinema and television screens , featuring men and women whom an ungrateful country has been only too happy to forget . |
| 12 | Look out for — Approved , Commended or Highly Commended appearing on our signs . |
| 13 | Seen at a German camp site : ‘ It is forbidden on our camp site that people of different sex , for instance men and women , live together in one tent , unless they are married with each other for that purpose . ’ |
| 14 | The greenhouse effect is something else that is supposedly happening on our planet . |
| 15 | But a lot of people would say of course that it is of such importance , that we really ought to be up to date with exactly what 's going on , after all this is happening on our behalf . |
| 16 | Those who report on our deliberations in this place have predicted that our exchanges over the next few months will be blighted by charge and counter-charge , by accusation and counter-accusation , and by statistics from both sides crossing each other in the night . |
| 17 | Yes , we had the Labour candidate knocking on our door yesterday and I think John must of been in a right foul mood , cos he he says come in and talk to me |
| 18 | If you wish to be included on our database would you please complete the Buyers Input Form and return it to [ name ] at the above address . |
| 19 | What we can still do is to escape at long last from the constitutional fiction which we once grasped to ease our transition from the capital of a worldwide empire to a nation state alongside other nation states , but which , having produced so much havoc here at home , has turned into an instrument for external duress to be brought to bear on our own political institutions . |
| 20 | Bassist Jennifer — 12 hours ' sleep in three days , we reckon — adding : ‘ I 'm having a really bad night tonight and I do n't know what it is , but the next person who smacks the mic or stands on our gear … |
| 21 | the world stands on our table : |
| 22 | It is useful for those of us who worry that hearing other opinions and listening to other people may weaken our case , or make it difficult for us to concentrate on our own determined agenda . |
| 23 | ‘ We need to concentrate on our careers ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We feel we need to concentrate on our careers because we are just starting out . |
| 25 | The division of labour is the division of expertise which depends on the shared assumption that almost all work needs special skills , that we do better to concentrate on our own skills , leaving others to their own , and that this arrangement is functional for the community . |
| 26 | Our strategy is straightforward : we will continue to concentrate on our two core businesses of spirits and beers and to benefit from this clear focus . |
| 27 | She stood back and acknowledged the applause of the crowd as the lights came on again and we were able to concentrate on our dessert . |
| 28 | We have to concentrate on our own results and performances . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ After being approached by several manufacturing companies it became obvious that the manufacturing aspect to our business could be handled by others , leaving us free to concentrate on our core business the design , specification and installation side . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The next year the ban was lifted on our clubs and Manchester United won the Cup Winners ’ Cup . |