Example sentences of "we [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of things were said when we broke up and perhaps we regret saying them . |
| 2 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 3 | Most impressive was the number of retired people we met backpacking . |
| 4 | We met doing our hobby . |
| 5 | Yes , one picture does come to mind : before I broke away we lay facing , learning each other 's features in this new light . |
| 6 | When linguists talk of the goal of linguistic theory as being the construction of an account of a sound-meaning correspondence for the infinite set of sentences in any language , one might perhaps infer that such a grand theory would eo ipso give an account of at least the essentials of how we communicate using language . |
| 7 | Clearly the whole point of the exchange , namely a request for specific information and an attempt to provide as much of that information as possible , is not directly expressed in ( 2 ) at all ; so the gap between what is literally said in ( 2 ) and what is conveyed in ( 3 ) is so substantial that we can not expect a semantic theory to provide more than a small part of an account of how we communicate using language . |
| 8 | we make er , you know you feel , ah my factory we thinks looking at |
| 9 | I know it is n't easy but erm I think we should you know , try and we advertise starting at eight o'clock and very often there 's only Alan and I here at eight . |
| 10 | Well the , the first ones that we made going down from here , the car 's making a racket , the stereo 's like on full blast you ca n't hear anything we 're saying at all . |
| 11 | ‘ You made the condition that we dance according to the music , ’ he reminded her . |
| 12 | It 's become a truism that we despise ageing in this culture , and I see few signs of that abating . |
| 13 | In due course , a little sooner than we might have ordinarily , we contemplate leaving . |
| 14 | We make identifying references to " the same persons . |
| 15 | We should for instance clearly specify whether or not we intend issuing a formal valuation report/opinion . |
| 16 | ‘ We intend appointing one agency , but that now means manoeuvring around existing contracts , ’ says Tyson . |
| 17 | We intend looking at the situation again in … |
| 18 | We intend shifting our locality tomorrow morning ; we are going into South port 15 miles distance from this , ( nearer home ) this move is principally on my account for the purpose of affording me a new locality for my rambles . |
| 19 | Erm , on page thirty you talk about the erm Employer 's Federation in the er minimum terms and conditions , well I 'm only hoping that my own firm Securicor do n't have any er input into that , because er as you know they unilaterally reduced all the terms and conditions Securicor guarding and cleaning recently erm I 'd like to know when we intend meeting with Securicor Cleaner I do know you 've written to them on a number of occasions and their refusal to meet with us . |
| 20 | You will see that we intend sending a leaflet to each member with the summer edition of Rural Wales , with the plea that they use it to recruit at least one new member . |
| 21 | Manchester design company Lord & Bowes has developed its new look , including an editorial column and news roundup , and we intend continuing with our lengthier informative features . |
| 22 | We intend making arrangements for the safe keeping of such material in a room which will not be affected . |
| 23 | At a press conference on Jan. 21 the new PS first secretary , Fabius , called for a " mobilization " against the National Front and declared : " We intend making the struggle against the far right … one of the central pillars of our activities . " |
| 24 | And that led to a day of fury and counter-claims by the Pakistan team bosses who insisted : ‘ We are not cheats and we intend spending our last rupee proving so . ’ |
| 25 | Erm , we 've got some publicity material produced , posters we intend doing several displays county hall , headquarters , all police stations will have posters sent out to them , probably libraries will be circulated with them , er it 's a last minute job typical we only just found about it , we do what we can we need some sort of press exercise do n't we you know . |
| 26 | We sell working clothes , there were about two shirts and a towel and a pot towel I can get for about fifty P down there |
| 27 | ‘ They say we dream a lot of things we hate thinking about in the daytime . ’ |
| 28 | We never have and never will — and we hate riding in limos . |
| 29 | We hate doing this because it could be handy information in the event the other party ever accuses us of a transgression . |
| 30 | Erm we hate putting animals to sleep . |