Example sentences of "and [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be worth inquiring why this should be so ; and what generalizations about sociolinguistic variation and change we can draw from this fact . |
| 2 | We all develop throughout our lives , but experiences affect and change us differently . |
| 3 | It calls for the qualities of a fighter , for only with those qualities can we win through the constant traps and barriers laid by the forces that would block our path and drag us down . |
| 4 | With the help of donations and grants we have restored some of the lost opening hours , continued to purchase books and carried out urgent conservation work ; and we celebrated twenty years of exhibitions at the Heinz Gallery . |
| 5 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |
| 6 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 7 | It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out . |
| 8 | Its vast walls of flint and glass and Gothic tracery were brilliantly floodlit and the churchyard cat , sleek and black as tar , greeted us querulously and led us right round the church and through the gravestones at the back , glimmering and pale in the moonlight . |
| 9 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 10 | A man with a great bunch of keys joined us and led us down some steps to a doorway marked ‘ Luftschutzraum ’ . |
| 11 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 12 | He helped the crew hang up their coats , said , ‘ So ! ’ again , and led us into the living-room , a modest affair with a bookcase of mainly naval books , a desk with photographs of his dead family , a crucifix , and , on a separate table , a model of a U-boat . |
| 13 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 14 | He then gave the order to move off and led us out of the abbey gate . |
| 15 | He pulled the sheets aside and led us down some steps . |
| 16 | Catesby took my point , smiled , and led us up to his own warm , spacious chamber in the Lion Tower . |
| 17 | If we refuse to recognise it , while maintaining an obsession with constitutional policies , they will continue to set their own agenda — and judge us harshly for refusing to respect it . |
| 18 | Rich is personal expression and influence we mix pigment not only in response to the subject , but through our mood at the time of painting . |
| 19 | In the legal context , we need to feel that the prohibitions of laws , in the way they are defined and in the way they are applied , are justifiable and influence us all equally ( or , again , if they do not , that they discriminate on acceptable grounds ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Or he 'll rip up our trucks and tear us all into little bite-sized chunks of meat , sir . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Hafpor tried hard , but eventually admitted defeat and asked us if we would walk a little . |
| 23 | And for all his fans over here , I 'd like to let them know that he called DJ and me aside then and asked us if we 'd be interested in doing a European tour . |
| 24 | She starts school on Tuesday and asked us if we were still all going together , which we are . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
| 26 | They came in and asked us to stop . |
| 27 | We were in a typical winter low pressure region which meant that we reached maximum manifold height fairly quickly , and by the time we reached 7,000 feet air traffic control had obviously got the message and asked us whether we were able to accept a higher level . |
| 28 | He briefed us , and asked us to keep to the paths of the ‘ visitors ’ trail' . |
| 29 | He began to talk of death , and asked us to pray with him . |
| 30 | Then he changed tack and asked us if we had any problems with his friends . |