Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] our [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We urge you to consider our request for a nursery to be attached to the first school to give the children a head start in their education . |
| 2 | She scans our hand for a while and then adopts a worried look . |
| 3 | ‘ In the interest of reconstruction and peace and the need to minimise the potential threat to democratic advance … we declare our support for an interim government of national unity , ’ it said . |
| 4 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 5 | Thus , if we restrict our attention for the moment to pupils for whom a statement is made , the proportion ranges across LEAs from less than 1 per cent of the school population to nearly 3 per cent . |
| 6 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 7 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 8 | Some of us remember all too well what happened in the 1920s and 1930s when we allowed our hopes for a peaceful world to outrun our judgements on the need for defence . |
| 9 | ‘ It is vital that we maintain our concentration for the entire match . |
| 10 | Last November ; we began our search for The Most Beautiful Hair of the Year in conjunction with Supersoft . |
| 11 | Two ideas over-large for reconciliation are fronting each other now , and there 'll be no peace until there 's been — no , ’ he checked himself , ‘ I wo n't say a settlement , but at least a temporary losing and winning that shall silence us both until we get our breath for the next bout . |
| 12 | May we reserve our admiration for the qualities people have rather than for what they own . |
| 13 | After all , we live our lives for the ability to indulge in pleasurable activities — and believe me , they are not all found at work ! |
| 14 | ‘ We finalise our campaign for the opening of the fair at Naxxar . |
| 15 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 16 | ‘ Let her enjoy our company for an evening . |
| 17 | Lincolnshire is a flat county , you see , exactly right for aerodromes , and they took our house for the airmen , I suppose . |
| 18 | It undermines our demand for the return of our homes . ’ |
| 19 | When the fire of the Holy Spirit falls , he warms our hearts for the things of God . |
| 20 | ‘ But neither of us allows our feelings for the other to get in the way of all the things we have to do . |
| 21 | Their being excited in us in an orderly fashion ‘ gives us a sort of foresight , which enables us to regulate our actions for the benefit of life ’ ; and this testifies to God 's wisdom and benevolence . |