Example sentences of "we [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode to the fourth floor , the doors slid open , we regarded each other in silence from our chosen corners , the doors slid to , and by the time we returned to the ground floor divorce was forgotten and the marriage reconsummated . |
| 2 | I ca n't remember it all , but I think we rode along the old railway line . ’ |
| 3 | All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause . |
| 4 | Again , as we launch into the second movement andante ( lots of energy , a real spirit of dance in the ostinato is a mite tasteful , discreet rather than craggily elemental ; so , to a point , is the brawny bass line which spurs us on to stratospheric violins and shining trumpets , though true to form Pešek is wonderfully atmospheric , nurturing and distilling the moments of quiet contemplation just prior to the coda . |
| 5 | Then we launch into the unknown future . |
| 6 | In practice we distinguish between the external cause of a rhythm , which is caused by our life-style or environment , and another internal cause , which we might say is due to a clock within our body . |
| 7 | We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day . |
| 8 | I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April . |
| 9 | We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter . |
| 10 | Sipping lager , we gazed at the front-page face of a dour middle-aged nurse who had been sacked for making porno movies on hospital premises . |
| 11 | But I will plan ahead , even if we crash into the Fourth Division . |
| 12 | ‘ We met on a professional basis , ’ said Gregson , his smile broadening . |
| 13 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 14 | As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’ |
| 15 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 16 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 17 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 18 | We met in the early morning . |
| 19 | But my boss is a resilient character and when we met in the late afternoon he was bursting with his old spirit . |
| 20 | We met in the odd foursome and it did n't really work out . |
| 21 | Appropriately enough , we met in the Hominid Room of the Natural History museum , a light spacious rectangular chamber with a glass wall on one side that looks out on a grassy park . |
| 22 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 23 | Our arguments are based not only on our national interest but on the risks we perceive to the competitive position of the Community as a whole . |
| 24 | Although all modem workers ' movements have developed strategies comprising both labour market and political components how can we explain within the European context the greater emphasis upon the achievement of radical change in the structure of society by French and Italian unions , whose thrust ( certainly up to the late 1960s ) has been at least as much ideological and political as industrial , in comparison with West German or British unions ? |
| 25 | There is no logical starting point , since we bring to a literary text simultaneously two faculties , however imperfectly developed : our ability to respond to it as a literary work and our ability to observe its language . |
| 26 | My group has nothing to be ashamed of , but , like everybody else nowadays , we suffer from a general shortage of cash . |
| 27 | Like other unions we suffer from the severe loss of members due to unemployment and we are appalled at the devastation of family life when the breadwinner 's been sha cast on the scrap heap and the behaviour of the government it throws whole communities into depravity without a chance of any hope for the future and their children . |
| 28 | We rippled on the yellow sheet , the counterpane — and us — long gone . |
| 29 | Cos we advertise in a special format do n't we ? |
| 30 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |