Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] we the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An African nationalist commented to some of us the other day , ‘ When we take over , we may get rid of a lot of white people — but we want Don and Penny to stay . ’ |
| 2 | High above us the celestial spheres of satellite communication look down upon us , observing any change in the weather , any reshuffle in the quiver of minutemen missiles in the United States ' desert arsenal , any time Mrs McGinty fails to hang out her Tuesday wash . |
| 3 | We wended our way home , glowing with triumph ( and blood pressure ! ) , each of us the proud possessor of a plastic , imitation silver , trophy . |
| 4 | ‘ For many of us the natural beauty of much of Dyfed 's countryside remains undisputed , though few people nowadays accept that this will always be so , regardless of economic or other pressures , ’ said Mr Bown . |
| 5 | Many people find it hard to counter the argument of ‘ people before buildings ’ that the Church puts forward , even though for most of us the visible presence of a church — whether still in religious use or not — is an important and reassuring symbol of faith to all who pass by . |
| 6 | For most of us the mental picture of an experiment goes back to school laboratories . |
| 7 | For most of us the intervening year has added another milestone to the many we have already passed . |
| 8 | For most of us the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the hardest challenges in a sport where yesterday was a long time ago . |
| 9 | Many professional travellers say that there is nowhere left to travel , but for most of us the old maxim that anywhere is new if you have not been there before , is true , and there are plenty of places left to escape to . |
| 10 | And it is always possible that unknown to us the present world differs radically from the way it appears to us . |