Example sentences of "we [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are we in the middle of another investigation ? ’ |
| 2 | Agreeing that naïve empiricism is insufficient and that language does not tell us about the world in any simple , unmediated , or transparent way , they still believe that a sense of reality can be conveyed by language ( the position derided as mere ‘ common sense ’ by the Newest Criticism ) . |
| 3 | At the Regina station Mr Murray insisted on climbing up into the engine tender to shake hands with and thank the engineer and fireman who had brought us through the storm on this far-from-ordinary journey . |
| 4 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 5 | Such conflicting views or theories of style will concern us for the remainder of this chapter , but rather than argue that one view is wholly superior to another , we shall try to harmonize the apparent conflicts , so that at the end of the chapter , we shall have worked through to a balanced view of what stylistics is about . |
| 6 | For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress . |
| 7 | The word serves to remind us of the importance of that element so far not introduced into the discussion : diplomacy . |
| 8 | Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods ? ’ |
| 9 | We must examine it to see what sense it can yield us in the case of those who , as it happens , are not men in the first place , and in what way , once this is done , it will have changed its meaning for those who , by no special fault or merit of their own , actually are so . |
| 10 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 11 | ‘ Being there , where Paul wrote home such humorous , hopeful and reassuring letters to us in the middle of all the trouble , will mean something very special to us . ’ |
| 12 | Like several of us in The Bar at that time , when I made love , or masturbated by myself , I often used to have fantasies about doing it with either O or Boy . |
| 13 | Because of our reputation many needle us in the hope of that we will retaliate . |
| 14 | All members should have received information about this , but if you have n't , or of you are not a member but would like to be involved with us in the challenge of these days , then please pick up an envelope from the Vestibule . |
| 15 | The discussions between the County Council and the District Council go back some considerable time , over the proposed level of provision in the district statement erm the core strategy for employment , and there is a particular issue between us over the distribution of this land within the district , in terms of its compatibility with the structure plan strategy . |
| 16 | This brings us to the question of those notoriously stuffy announcers . |
| 17 | And that brings us to the end of another week on Scotland Today . |
| 18 | That brings us to the end of another major televisual event . |
| 19 | And that brings us to the end of another hectic half hour . |
| 20 | And that brings us to the end of another fun half hour — tomorrow Katie Wood will be showing us how the other half relax when she mixes with the toffs on a country house weekend near John O'Groats . |
| 21 | That our perceptual apparatus is reliable and our abductive sense is sound do not , for the Quinean position , need arguing ; we have ample evidence that they have guided us to the truth on many occasions . |
| 22 | These questions take us beyond the scope of this chapter , but they are raised again in Chapter 6 . |
| 23 | ‘ They 've said they 're going to do a big media blitz for us at the end of this week . ’ |
| 24 | Erm , and we 've had , I 'm afraid to give protective notice to six members of staff , it 's about er , discussions with the erm , Tech , are not successful , then they will have to leave us at the end of this programme year , which is the thirty-first of March . |