Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 2 | Notice in particular that we set out the Keynesian theory more generally than we did the classical theory where we assumed no government and no foreign trade . |
| 3 | I suppose it erm did widen so , the the wider view on that is at that it is important that we carry out the possible appliance testing on a regular basis . |
| 4 | When we die the work stops , the temperature differential starts to disappear , and we end up the same temperature as our surroundings . |
| 5 | Finally his conscience gets the better of him and we break out the large billy from his sledge and light another fire in the lea of a sledge . |
| 6 | So the Foreign Office turned a bland eye — nobody was exactly complaining out loud — and we took on the whole Sims organisation as a going concern . |
| 7 | It was a leisurely day and we padded up the rough , warm rock of a plinth of slabs until an awkward overlap sharpened our claws for the crux pitch above . |
| 8 | As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms . |
| 9 | Yeah , well you see it 's quite a point you know , cos if we go up the top shop , we just , well the most I would buy is four |
| 10 | He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’ |
| 11 | So far if we take on the ninety ninety two figures we attended something like eight hundred bonfires . |
| 12 | ‘ If we take off the reedbed 's top 30cm of vegetation — just enough so that we do not kill off the reeds — and put in some new dykes to give a good water flow we will restore the reedbed to its former glory . ’ |
| 13 | In the echo of the receding explosions and the sulphurous cordite of the rockfall , I said to Steve we might live longer if we abseiled down the rocky left side of the icefield , well away from the fall line . |
| 14 | About the exchange of bird species between closely adjacent islands Wallace noted : ‘ Birds offer us one of the best means of determining the law of distribution ; for though at first sight it would appear that the watery boundaries that kept out the land quadrupeds could be easily passed over by birds , yet practically it is not so ; for if we leave out the aquatic tribes ( seabirds ) which are preeminently wanderers , it is found that the others ( and especially the passeres , or perching birds , which form the vast majority ) are often as strictly limited by straits and arms of the sea as are quadrupeds themselves . ’ |
| 15 | No one would have guessed from that question that every one of the farmers affected has been paid regularly while we carry out the necessary tests to discover what has caused the problem . |
| 16 | ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright . |
| 17 | We were taxed by ethical issues when we set up the elective ventilation protocol : ethics may be defined as what is right , and in turn that can be regarded as behaviour that causes no distress , offence , or indignity in the context of current societal values . |
| 18 | ‘ At first , we were apprehensive about the process of signing , then it was the same about deals in Europe and now I think Brian will be helpful when we sort out the American side . |
| 19 | Lizaveta once mended his clothes : when we puzzle over the chance-induced actuality of her murder being so largely left to speak for itself we are creating a false problem by the inertness of our own metaphor . |
| 20 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 21 | As we lurched up the soaking , slimy boulders towards it , like a team of wet-look mime artists walking against the wind , one of our party stopped and said , ‘ Let's go back . ’ |
| 22 | I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’ |
| 23 | It felt , as we struggled up the last , steepest stage of the hillside , that we were swimming in the white light of the sun . |
| 24 | But as we went up the first steep hill we quickly worked up a healthy sweat and removed our fleece jackets . |
| 25 | As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time . |
| 26 | ( TIM ) Hello there … they all get a look in tonight … as we round up the local sport … on the start line ready to go first is the football parade |
| 27 | As we sweated up the final rise , the stern brow of Profitis Ilias came into view on our left . |
| 28 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 29 | Because of our late start and leisurely progress , the light is thickening as we stumble along the forgotten stretch of ridge between Bwlch Ciliau . |
| 30 | Then , as we drove down the steep little hill we could see the sea glinting , for the coast at Frejus was about 12 miles distant . |