Example sentences of "we [verb] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rippled on the yellow sheet , the counterpane — and us — long gone . |
| 2 | " We lived on the top floor of number eighty-two , Tyrone Street , Lower . " |
| 3 | Er hundred and forty pound for the coach to Yorkshire which we got on the other side , a hundred and six pound back so the club er sponsored that , a hundred and thirty four pound , and thirty four pound . |
| 4 | For now , we concentrate on the real sector of the economy ( that is , the markets for goods and services and for labour ) . |
| 5 | Hence we concentrate on the user-catalogue interaction and on the interactive dialogue in particular with user and catalogue system inputs having equal importance . |
| 6 | Here we concentrate on the 55 miles which pass through Kent . |
| 7 | We can probably be most influential if we concentrate on the following issues : |
| 8 | All of our businesses have maintained or improved their market shares as managers we concentrate on the full year rather on either half and because of our seasonal bias er , those of you who 've been , er , to our interim presentations before er , will remember that without fail I tell you our results at the half-way stage are not a clear guide to the outcome of the year as a whole . |
| 9 | These are more complicated , and to illustrate the analysis we concentrate on the simplified case where ( i.e. , bequests are not influenced by future earning capacity ) and ( i.e. , N represents ‘ raw ’ earning capacity , and there is no influence via parental wealth ) . |
| 10 | We sit on the dead leaves at the foot of the vent , backs against the stone . |
| 11 | This way , if base rate goes down we gain on the floating rate — if base rate goes up , we 're protected on the fixed half . ’ |
| 12 | Two years ago we reported on the seismic survey work being carried out in the Solent to determine if oil drilling there would be profitable . |
| 13 | Here , we report on the combined use of preparative pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( PFGE ) and interspersed repetitive sequence ( IRS ) polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) amplification to isolate two DNA markers from a 660 kb Sfi I fragment that contains locus DXS14 and maps to a region between disease-specific incontinentia pigmenti type 1 ( IP1 ) chromosome translocation breakpoints ( 1 ) . |
| 14 | In tomorrow 's EADT we report on the latest research findings on pupil behaviour in Essex and why youngsters are being expelled from schools . |
| 15 | What do we feel when we describe to each other our LP collections of sixteen years ago , when we linger on the morose pleasures of vodka and lime , inept discos , French kissing , Watney 's Party-Seven beer , cheesecloth shirts , Budgie jackets , very long floral skirts , knee-length boots with zips in the side , army greatcoats , Mateus Rosé , and tank tops … |
| 16 | ‘ But we do have the buckle we found on the icy moat , and I know who it belongs to . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing belonging to your friend Willard matches up with the fibres we found on the dead girl . ’ |
| 18 | Before reaching the town of Rock the path runs through the only sand dunes that we encountered on the whole walk . |
| 19 | Richard said : ‘ The fierce weather we encountered on the third leg has tested us to our very limits . |
| 20 | We focus on the International Characin Association . |
| 21 | For simplicity we focus on the male line ; i.e. , we do not allow for the fact that , as the model stands , women have neither wealth nor income . |
| 22 | Having said that , I am of course aware with more humility that ultimately we depend on the professional judgement , so generously given , of Mrs McNaughtan . |
| 23 | Erm before we embark on the continued discussion on H two er and we are prepared to look at erm the the which says should the party include specific plans on location of the new settlement . |
| 24 | But it needs to be borne in mind , before we embark on the various ways of doing this , that it is by no means a universally accepted need nor is it that every bereaved person with whom we come in contact will need ‘ help ’ . |
| 25 | Here we embark on the next stage of our analysis . |
| 26 | If we listen on the one hand to the Secretary of State for the Environment and on the other hand to the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities , it seems that the DOE has something like Dr. Doolittle 's ’ Push-me — pull-you . ’ |
| 27 | We parked on the opposite side of the street from the Regal Arms . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly . |
| 29 | I hope that when we meet on the nineteenth Alan or Paul will immediately knock all that on the head . |
| 30 | Did I tell me when we got up to erm Newcastle we turned on the local news , they 'd had five inches of rain which is a winter 's rain in four days . |