Example sentences of "we for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had n't even we for fifty fucking P ! |
| 2 | Reform was ‘ a flash of lightning illuminating us for one moment only , to leave us in greater darkness ’ . |
| 3 | We would come into a village and 20 to 30 people would come and join us for two or three days . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Almost everyone in the court was in tears — even the legal teams who have been with us for two years , ’ said Mary . |
| 5 | ‘ Just remember that your contract commits you to us for two years , ’ he said coolly . |
| 6 | They 've asked us for two hundred and fifty pounds proposal . |
| 7 | Mr Giles of Grimethorpe Motors has been advertising with us for two years and he is delighted with the results . |
| 8 | She came out with us for two or three days and sort of sat you know up a bit and saw us , but then the next week she was really no good at all |
| 9 | Actually , she 's only been with us for eleven months . |
| 10 | The fight lasted but a few minutes , when the soldiers retreated before us for twelve miles . |
| 11 | Our older son and his wife came to live with us for four months , between University and his first job . |
| 12 | Greg , Pippa , Emily , Tom and Bill all came over from America , and stayed with us for eight days . |
| 13 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 14 | ‘ If you remember , Luke Scott was with us for six months as a favour to the station 's director-general , who was a friend of his , because our listenership figures were dropping and we were losing advertising . |
| 15 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 16 | There 's one teacher , he seems to have had a personal interest in each one of us for five years . |
| 17 | They 've actually asked us for five hundred . |
| 18 | They 've asked us for five . |
| 19 | So they they 're actually asking us for five hundred and ninety five pounds . |
| 20 | The other discovery we are making is of that world cut off from us for fifty years by the Iron Curtain ; Simon Jervis 's otherwise excellent Penguin Dictionary of Design and Designers published in 1984 does not include a single one of the leading names in Czech Cubist design : Josef Gocar , Pavel Janak , Vlastislav Hofman , Josef Chochol and Otakar Novotny . |
| 21 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 22 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 23 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
| 24 | ‘ Outrageous ! ’ was the cry ; ‘ We 've always had our Medau here — Some of us for twenty years ! ’ |
| 25 | They 've been hiring us for ten years but we , we ai n't gon na hire no more if they 're changing the bloody engines . |
| 26 | CROWD-PLEASER John Morrissey last night urged Tranmere fans : Stick with us for 90 minutes ! |
| 27 | All our buddies that worked for us for 50 years were just living and drinking and eating like fucking Rome … it was just hell and it had to stop . ’ |
| 28 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 29 | She 's , she 's got , she 's got well , they 've asked us for seven . |
| 30 | To adhere to the ( 1855 ) treaty that has been made , and which we on our side have kept … you have broken the treaty not we … that engagement was made with us for 20 years … |