Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [subord] we " in BNC.
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1 | I repeat that I shall bear in mind the hon. Gentleman 's remarks before we make our allocations . |
2 | ‘ I have family and friends who assume that Rangers will beat FC Brugge with a couple of goals to spare , but in order to do that we will need to play throughout this week 's game as we did in the second half over there , ’ he added . |
3 | I 'm quite happy to do that take and and put on a six month 's trial if we do n't salaries through |
4 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
5 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
6 | ‘ 'Twill be a good day 's work if we can bring in this prize , lads . |
7 | The concepts therefore were for that age quite sophisticated , indeed quite sophisticated by many adults ' standards as we have seen . |
8 | I 'm slightly concerned about this because it said that other matters erm we do n't know what other matters until the inspector has been in , in June and has identified those other matters , presumably when we get the further inspector 's report next Autumn or after June , it will address issues which may have been ones he has addressed this year and maybe not , er and we will have to look at that inspector 's report when we receive it . |
9 | ’ … and Millie was sick on that man 's hat when we were oan the roller-coaster . ‘ |
10 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
11 | It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest . |
12 | Not any year 's thing if we 're brutally honest . |
13 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
14 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
15 | We get much more happiness in investing in other people 's lives than we do in self-isolation . |
16 | It 's always difficult to be aware of other people 's pain when we are hurt ourselves . |
17 | Two answers may be given : first , just as they illuminate many other areas of social life , the methods and findings of our rivals may help us understand the work of the professions ( to illustrate this , some of my examples will be drawn from medical novels ; no doubt legal novels will be equally instructive ) ; second , it is not clear how far we can go in understanding other occupations ' behaviour unless we grasp that of our own . |
18 | Women ‘ police ’ other women 's bodies because we know how important our appearance is in a society which objectifies us . |