Example sentences of "and we [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the people moved aside and we passed through the smiling , cheering crowd , some of whom I noticed had tears in their eyes . |
| 2 | We are constantly approached by people who want our help , and we respond in the best way we can . |
| 3 | When the complexities of circumstance defeat analysis , and we grope for the best prediction or choice attainable , we do not doubt that there is a better founded prediction or better informed choice which no one perhaps will be lucky enough to hit on . |
| 4 | Er but there was an implication by implication and the , the particular point was the extent to which surplus water draining off fields er was to the problem and we learnt from the Southern Water representative that there is a an area of uncertainty erm and divided responsibility perhaps erm about the ditches , about the highways in that vicinity . |
| 5 | And we go to the Mediterranean and North Africa . |
| 6 | of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then . |
| 7 | Benjamin waved me over and we looked through the open gate . |
| 8 | Beer followed pizza and we looked round the Roman amphitheatre which had been built by Roman legionnaires 1,800 years before . |
| 9 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 10 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 11 | " It has been dinned into the ears of our members without hesitation or scruple , and we repeat with the greatest force at our command that seamen , to whatever class they may belong , are false to themselves , to their cause and to their country in taking any course that may , even in the smallest degree , weaken the hands of those responsible for the conduct of the present campaign against the most ignoble foe that it has ever become Britain 's duty to tackle " . |
| 12 | But if the music changes , our attention is immediately alerted , and we listen to the new message with pleasure . |
| 13 | And we stay in the same place ! |
| 14 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The selection committee is multi-racial and we came with the 30 best players we could pick . |
| 16 | Gradually the port wing tip fell on the ground and we came to the gentlest of stops some 70/80 yards from the engineering wing perimeter . |
| 17 | Cos , they sold out the , that 's all now and I think came from Yarmouth , they used , they used to have a big place at Yarmouth and we came through the other week and er I see their sheds are nearly all empty now , there . |
| 18 | The captain of the guard outside St Bartholomew 's let us through and we went under the darkened archway and up some steps into the chamber which led out on to the balcony . |
| 19 | The rusty taxi-cab clattered down the spine of the city and the driver told me what was wrong with Cuba , and we went past the silent skyscrapers , kosher pizzerias , glass-fronted banks , bagel factories , polish gymnasiums with belt-vibrators for rent , pharmacies selling love-potions and roach-killers , and all-night supermarkets where frail young men were buying canned rattlesnake . |
| 20 | Venner wandered off and we went through the pathetic pile of possessions : a counter-pane , three dirty bolsters , hose , jerkins , battered boots , more cheap jewellery , a collection of quills and a bar of Castilian soap . |
| 21 | After I 've stopped chucking and coughing they restart the video and we cut to the other scene and the tall hospital chair and the little guy again with empty eyes and McDunn says his bit about Persistent Vegetative State . |
| 22 | We got the coffee , he paid for it and we walked to the remotest part of the canteen , behind a sort of screen , why here I said . |
| 23 | The police charged off after the fictitious yobs and we rushed in the opposite direction back to the track ! |
| 24 | The guard opened the iron gates with antique keys , and we stepped into the dark chambers . |
| 25 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 26 | The transportation of useful plants from one part of the world to another had begun in the eighteenth century , and we saw in the previous chapter how Kew Gardens became the hub of the British empire 's efforts to replace indigenous species with imported ones of greater commercial value . |
| 27 | Thirdly , we 're trying to make sure that children who can best benefit by foster care , er do get foster parents , and we 've had a big er initiative this last twelve months , you probably know about , and that 's paying off , and we hope in the future only children going into residential homes who need residential care will get there . |
| 28 | And we hear for the first time of permanent salaried architects . |
| 29 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 30 | There 's no hanging about here tonight it 's straight into the action from all the weekend and we start with the big match at Filbert Street , Leicester City against Nottingham Forest . |