Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] we [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mundane world view suggests that the tossing of coins or yarrow stalks , or selection of cards from a pack , is random and meaningless — but metaphysics assures us that if we ask for guidance , we will receive it . |
| 2 | I shall say only that when we returned for worship next day the whole building was pristine . |
| 3 | When our appearance is being changed — in the hairdresser 's , beauty salon or fitting room — there is great vulnerability , and if we ask for assistance we are giving others considerable power to judge us , alter us and witness us stripped of normal dignity . |
| 4 | But if we allow for registration and demography , this election has n't changed the structure of Scottish politics much . |
| 5 | But if we consider for example the kind of idea about " aesthetics " or aesthetic experience " held by Adorno we can begin to understand this persistence . |