Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 2 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 3 | No , I says to her , I says Saturday , I says er if you get stuck , I says we 're supposed to be going to see his nan into Ashley House up anyway , I told Bill I says , eh ! |
| 4 | So on Friday he tried to pull same stunt again so I says oh no you 're not , I says we 're not playing at that , I says chuff that for a lark , I says what do you think you 're playing at ? |
| 5 | Says yeah alright I says we 'll call in for an hour . |
| 6 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 7 | Then I tells us that for every positive integer n the statement S(n) is true . |
| 8 | He says ; Once one of them says we will go with him then they will all go because they will stick together but I was very suprised with the ammount of people that go . |
| 9 | I will be lacerated with drink tonight and , although the replay will be very difficult , the eternal optimist in me says we 've got a chance . |
| 10 | ‘ I fink 'e finks we 've got the equipment . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 'E finks we 've come ter put the tent up ! ’ he hissed . |
| 12 | ‘ If by any chance the police pull us in on suspicion they 've got ter 'ave an identification parade , an' if the old watchman recognises any of us we 're done for , unless 'e 's too frightened ter pick us out , an' 'e will be if 'e knows we 're capable o' smackin' 'im around a bit . |
| 13 | ‘ Whichever way she goes we can go more quickly because we can stay on the ride and she dare not . |
| 14 | She goes we might have won the prize yeah . |
| 15 | We will present our pleas to the lady herself , and accept whatever verdict she offers us . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If she thinks we 're going to stand for her having tea while our homes are dug up and flung about , she 's got another think coming ! ’ |
| 17 | Nick whispered , ‘ She thinks we 're poor children , too poor to have slippers , ’ and giggled . |
| 18 | She thinks we 're perverts , condemned by the Church , men who 've allowed their normal natures to be twisted by depraved men . |
| 19 | She thinks we should be abroad , where the real work is . |
| 20 | Perhaps she thinks we 're two weird , no I 'm weird anyway . |
| 21 | She thinks we do n't have to hold our breath , you do it . |
| 22 | I do n't feel er er either that way unless she thinks we 're very better than most . |
| 23 | ‘ So she wants us to pay a bit more attention , to think about it a bit . |
| 24 | I 'm not quite sure what her motives for being nude were — has she said ? — but if that 's the way she wants us to think of her that 's fine |
| 25 | It seems that the author has deliberately left things vague by choosing the intransitive verb construction : that she wants us to have the delicately ironic impression of a deferential , high-class shop in which doors , as it were , open and shut almost of their own accord . |
| 26 | If she 's still sure she wants us to get engaged , I 'll speak to your father tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | … she call us in to do 'er dirty work for her , build 'er up , she wants us out again 'cos she see that we 're gettin' education and we 're gettin' brainy , and we 're comin' into power so she wants us all out before we reach too high . |
| 28 | … she call us in to do 'er dirty work for her , build 'er up , she wants us out again 'cos she see that we 're gettin' education and we 're gettin' brainy , and we 're comin' into power so she wants us all out before we reach too high . |
| 29 | That 's why she wants us out . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , obviously she wants us to get on with completing the next issue . ’ |