Example sentences of "we [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 2 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 3 | The second point is : Most of us down the years have tried to pray , and have found a pattern that suits us . |
| 4 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
| 5 | I believe that Frank is too autocratic , too opinionated — especially about relay selections , which have been the main bone of contention between us down the years . |
| 6 | I refused to go in my cell and they put us down the block . |
| 7 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
| 8 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |
| 9 | I just cracked up , and they put us down the block . |
| 10 | They took both of us down the block , and we were there for two days — no blankets , no bed , nothing , just a mattress on the floor . |
| 11 | Of course , it could be a clever charade orchestrated by Rene to put us off the track . |
| 12 | No doubt there was method in the smugglers ' madness , perhaps the very unsuitability of the area was a ploy to put us off the scent . |
| 13 | But the storyteller has been using all his art to lead us up the garden path . |
| 14 | We could n't sense that , a few hundred feet above us up the ridge , David Simpson 's and Jane Lapiner 's house had shaken apart , that rocks had thundered down the cliff face opposite my house , that a mile to the north at the precise moment that we were walking through Jim 's house and I was spreading out the blueprints on the hood of my car to continue our conversation , an overturned electric coffee pot in the Petrolia store had already started a blaze that would finish off the store and our adjoining post office in about 45 minutes . |
| 15 | A change in our fortunes at Kenilworth Road will soon get us up the table . ’ |
| 16 | A London consortium took over Springfield Park last week , installed businessman Michael Morris on the board and issued specific instructions to Chief Executive Brian Hamilton : ‘ Get a few results and move us up the Second Division table . ’ |
| 17 | At the end of January Pop decided to go south to our villages , and sent us up the Irrawaddy to Maymyo . |
| 18 | It might only drive both of us up the poll ! |
| 19 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 20 | The signs are not always immediately apparent or indicative , and can easily lead us up the garden path ; we have to learn to recognize the various spots and blemishes , however small . |
| 21 | The idea of the Sudan had followed us up the Nile like a rumour . |
| 22 | The only reference point to give us a sense of our height was the tiny boat on the beach beneath us , with the two fishermen , who had not only declined to follow us up the crater , but also expressed an urgent desire to avoid even setting foot on shore . |
| 23 | He wanted to pass us up the line of responsibility . |
| 24 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 25 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 26 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 27 | And give us back the pride and the credibility that we once took for granted as trade unionists but we allowed to slip away from us , and make us a force to be reckoned with , and send this government a message , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to tell us how to run the G M B , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to prevent us from protecting our brothers and sisters and we 'll no never ever allow anyone at Westminster to defeat the trade union movement . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd have thought she 'd have put us out the servants ’ door . ’ |
| 29 | Think of Woody Guthrie and you 're back in the presidential alley once more , for America 's folk hero was named after Woodrow Wilson , the man who took the USA into World War I after attempting to keep his country neutral , a 1916 song claiming ‘ He Kept Us Out The War ’ , though a later ragtime hit contained the lyric : ‘ We 're going to celebrate the end of the war in ragtime — be sure that Woodrow Wilson leads the band . ’ |
| 30 | Throw us out the window |