Example sentences of "on we for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results are both impressive and disquieting , for unlike natural forms his do not seem to invite our participation , nor do they depend on us for their formidable originality and sense of completion . |
| 2 | The result was that yesterday they turned on us for information as to the number of men to be dropped , the weight of stores and the mileage and so on , all of which was essential for them to know if they were to fit out the aircraft properly . |
| 3 | All the creatures that we have to kill and eat , all those that we have to strike down and destroy to make clothes for ourselves , have souls , like we have , souls that do not perish with the body , and which must therefore be propitiated lest they should avenge themselves on us for taking away their bodies ( see Rasmussen , 1929 ) . |
| 4 | We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance . |
| 5 | If any doctor had depended on us for his living , then he would have died in penury . |
| 6 | Shame on us for not caring |
| 7 | ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through . |
| 8 | We were the grateful beneficiaries of the largesse of Benjamin 's uncle , the great Wolsey , who lavished rewards on us for resolving , only a few months earlier , the sinister White Rose murders . |
| 9 | Fortune smiled on us for , although we only had a fleeting glimpse of the sun , the rain kept off until we boarded our coach for home at 6.15pm . |