Example sentences of "what we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's that 's what we understood at Edingley meeting and there was |
| 2 | What we gain from this is obvious : our own consciences are clear , and we 're no longer implicated . |
| 3 | Thus what we gain is Something , yet it is by virtue of Nothing that this can be put to use . |
| 4 | But often we are unwilling to let the other person know what we prefer or appreciate in their attitude and behaviour . |
| 5 | It 's too easy to inadvertently fail to practise what we preach . |
| 6 | However , we do n't always practice what we preach . |
| 7 | It is good to allow the word of God to dominate and determine not only the content but also the structure of what we preach . |
| 8 | That is why we at Connoisseurs Scotland , who try to practice what we preach , warmly welcomed Scottish Secretary Ian Lang 's decision to initiate the current review of the future promotion of Scottish tourism . |
| 9 | They learn , as Elizabeth said earlier , you know , we 're models and children learn more by what we do more than what we preach , so you know we do have to repair what we did n't learn maybe earlier on . |
| 10 | What we project is the essence of our politicians , the nature of their convictions . |
| 11 | It is odd to reflect that the firmest objective record of what we experienced now lies in the films — themselves mere illusory genii of chemicals and light , bound to 400-foot reels of processed trees and silver . |
| 12 | I remember what we ate : cèpes in cream and herbs , partridges in vine leaves , the Tar-touillat — a delicious strudel-like pastry filled with pumpkin and apples . |
| 13 | ‘ — and I was placed between Harry Burrows and Piers Langley and they told me all about hunting round here and really it was so interesting that I hardly noticed what we ate , some sort of fish and pheasant I think and , oh yes , there was an ice but by that stage , you know , I did n't have the smallest corner to put in so much as a mouthful — ’ |
| 14 | Except to say that it was scrupulously chosen , as was usual with Eliot , I forget what we ate on the occasion : we had so much to talk about . |
| 15 | He also warned us that , once we were back in London , we were to be careful where we went , to whom we talked and what we ate and drank . |
| 16 | What we owned we stole and filched , not from the poor but the merchants , the lawyers , the fat and the rich . |
| 17 | ‘ What we said , , James answered , mildly surprised . |
| 18 | The new Secretary of State has recognised what we said all along should be the right and reasonable level of development in Hampshire . |
| 19 | We were told to be very careful about what we said and done when you were around , like . |
| 20 | Is not this what we said to you in Egypt , ‘ Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians ’ ? |
| 21 | ‘ That 's what we said , is n't it , Otley ? ’ |
| 22 | Is n't that what we said ? ’ |
| 23 | Then if we are taxed with what we said about someone , we shall be calm for we shall know that everything we said was benevolent . |
| 24 | We have to recall what we said , what they now know . ’ |
| 25 | It was what we said for convenience ; there was no concept in Egypt of unmarried couples . |
| 26 | Which is is what we said was one of the key key areas we need to do for I I P . |
| 27 | If the requirements are modest er modest requirements with modest standards , it 's still a quality job if we achieve what we said we 're going to do . |
| 28 | I think actually Trev that was very very timely , cos that really sort of encapsulated what we said this morning , so thank you very much for coming back . |
| 29 | It confirms quite dramatically what we said earlier , namely , that large , skilled financial institutions will experience small and predictable net withdrawals and therefore need to hold very small quantities of non-interest-earning reserves . |
| 30 | Remember though what we said about the flow of funds through insurance companies . |