Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly rain poured down , and although we hurried back to the house , we were quite wet when we arrived in the hall . |
| 2 | It is no accident that we know more about the lives of Richard Rolle and Margery Kempe than about the other three writers with whom this book is concerned . |
| 3 | In me you will have a second unless you agree that we go tomorrow into the city and lay the entire matter before the syndics . |
| 4 | The two Agentes were full of themselves , eager to exert their power in this famous abbey so , when Brother Eadred joined us , Mandeville insisted that we go straight to the library . |
| 5 | Kingsley Amis , who wrote an adventure for Bond as well as creating Jim Dixon , reflects aptly on the reasons for his : ‘ What happened was that we came in at the tail end of the literary tradition to the effect that no decent girl enjoys sex — only tarts were supposed to do that . |
| 6 | It 's to remind us that we sweep down from the upper world , slide round the bottom of the circle , and sweep up again , no trouble , if we have any sense . " |
| 7 | Yes , we have er debate on a major policy paper on natural resources and how to er conserve them , how to make sure that we get away from the madness of the consumer society that we have at the moment ; er laying down a strategy for the er the use of the earth 's resources er into the twentieth century . |
| 8 | We also want to ensure that we get more from the resources we invest . |
| 9 | That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ? |
| 10 | ‘ The second is that we step out to the supermarket and pick up some supplies . ’ |
| 11 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 12 | Well , I think you 're you 're putting your finger on the issue that we brought up at the very beginning about this man in the churchyard . |
| 13 | ‘ We want to give each company the opportunity to develop strategies for new product development to ensure that we remain ahead of the competition in each area of business . |
| 14 | Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’ |
| 15 | Naturally , amongst other things that we took out into the desert with us was the long-established tea swindle , which we all subscribed to , It was considered a most heinous offence if pupil or anyone else taxied within the proximity of the tea swindle and the great volume of sand engulfed those who were engaged in making the tea — indeed , getting any sand anywhere near the brew as it was being prepared was considered a serious offence . |
| 16 | I mean I I know in that budget thing that we put together towards the end of last year , we did n't really look at it |
| 17 | What sort of percentage do the erm essays that we hand in before the exams |
| 18 | Notwithstanding the type of membership , the formation of the National Deaf Club was an important development for deaf people , for through it there grew the camaraderie that we see today in the deaf community — a sense of belonging to a body that was quite acceptable in social terms . |
| 19 | Mr. Spearing : Is the Leader of the House aware that those who are concerned about this matter are grateful to him for referring to the Select Committee 's report of two years ago and that we look forward to the Government implementing the intention that they stated at that time ? |
| 20 | And it 's also important that we look back over the last ten years to how the N H S has been fundamentally changed as a consequence of Tory government policy towards it . |
| 21 | Well she 's got yes she got a she she sleeps in a in a special place but what she does is she 's got a rug erm we 've got a a rug in front of the fire here that we bought back from the States , and everything she finds that she likes she brings into the lounge and puts on the rug . |
| 22 | Something that we linked in with the frustrations earlier . |
| 23 | which was that four point one was n't included in the papers that went to staff consultative , which was the general list of things that we pulled out from the brainstorm last time . |
| 24 | The music that we beat out in the afternoons was their music , the music of the place , sea shanties and sand-sea shanties . |
| 25 | She was the type of young woman who loves danger ; and she insisted that we lie down in the entrance way to a park . |
| 26 | Now that you have seen us , you can imagine that we enjoy little in the way of sensory awareness . |
| 27 | ‘ It shows the hypocrisy of our society that we work hard for the born handicapped … yet before their birth we are doing everything we can to seek them out and kill them . |
| 28 | The numbers of key words that we picked out from the five authors were 7,17,7 , 16 and 12 . |
| 29 | It is extremely important , therefore , to follow the general principles on meal planning that we described earlier in the chapter . |
| 30 | This then means that we feed daily on the Bible , which tells us about his righteousness — or right-relatedness to him . |