Example sentences of "[be] [verb] our [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 3 | He says we predict that a reservoir of this size will be essential if we 're to supply our customers with the water the need . |
| 4 | We shall be drawing our examples from the professional knowledge , not only of teachers , but of media specialists and librarians , because they have much to suggest to us , and because their contributions within schools and without are important to what can be attempted and achieved . |
| 5 | Skipper David Graveney said : ‘ We 'll be finalising our plans in the next couple of weeks . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ To make full use of it we should be publishing our books in the world 's biggest English language market . ’ |
| 7 | We are introducing our proposals in the other place . |
| 8 | Certain tracks and off-course bookmakers must realise that they are rubbing our noses in the dirt . |
| 9 | I was too young to remember him , but later at intervals a number of remarkable men , among them Arnold Hodson , Hugh Dodds and Arthur Bentinck , served on my father 's staff and were to remain our friends over the years . |
| 10 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |
| 11 | Singing was intended to enhance the bond between us , for by reciting verses and lines about the Legion , past and present , we were reinforcing our beliefs in the traditions we stood for . |
| 12 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 13 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
| 14 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
| 15 | ‘ Our task is to help our customers in the short term use them more efficiently , and as quickly as possible bring to the market new products which will not have any interaction with the ozone layer . |
| 16 | One MP Gary Streeter said : ‘ Clearly , it is hurting our fortunes in the constituencies . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a scandal , and it 's got to be stopped It 's these same senior directors of these same utility companies who are lecturing our members about the problems facing their industries . |
| 18 | Me and Aunt Emily 's been working our fingers to the bone , waiting for him . ’ |
| 19 | In September 1692 he produced a Whiggish Jacobite tract in which he rehearsed all the traditional charges against William ( adding to the list the recent massacre at Glencoe ) , and argued that " If it was to preserve our Liberties from the insults of King James , we placed the Prince upon the Throne , we have certainly either mistaken the Disease or the Cure " . |