Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Merseyside based analysist said last night : ‘ Sadly they are still in a mess , they badly need to reduce debts of approaching £1bn even though we expect to see a improvement in profitability this year . ’ |
| 2 | We want to see a country in which women can go about their lives without fear of attack , where the colour of someone 's skin is not a virtual guarantee of unemployment , where work — whether social , productive or domestic — would be properly valued and regarded . |
| 3 | We want to establish a position in the top half of the table . |
| 4 | Only a few privileged people have seen them , but we hope to have a set in the near future . |
| 5 | We may decide that our-own contribution at this stage would be most usefully limited to a comparison between middle-class and working-class groups , and so we decide to do a survey in two such localities . |
| 6 | We aim to create a society in which all men and women can realise their full potential and shape their own successes . |
| 7 | We do need a desk in both places — a desk to welcome people is important . |
| 8 | We do have a statement in our contract that they sign to acknowledge that they are not er do n't have a dem right to sole |
| 9 | ‘ We do have a spyhole in the door but because we were expecting someone we did not use it . |
| 10 | We do have a difference in vacancies . |
| 11 | She looked back with courage , and said boldly , ‘ It is n't much , but , as you say , we do get a holiday in the sun at the same time . ’ |
| 12 | If we wish to preserve a landscape in its present form we must actively direct it towards that end . |
| 13 | Suppose , for example , that we wish to write a program in which the computer has to sum N values held in successive store locations , perhaps with store addresses 100,101,102 , and so on . |
| 14 | We 've reached a watershed in Beattie-tudes . |
| 15 | We 've reached a break in the programme : she seems to be overreacting to an advert for the hot dogs and popcorn on sale in the foyer . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've received a slap in the face from Big Brother , ’ said one deputy from Bashkirtostan . |
| 17 | We 've noticed a fall in the demand for allotments . ’ |
| 18 | Prior to erm Uruguay round negotiations , agriculture was always excluded from the negotiations right , whereas manufactured goods have been in there from the start , and as a result we 've seen a reduction in tariffs right , on manufactured goods that 's not to say that erm , protectionism on manufactured goods has fallen , it has in certain cases but not in all cases . |
| 19 | Silver Reed knitters will find we 've made a change in their favourite feature . |
| 20 | Councillor said , is extremely important to the people of and we 've learnt a lot in politics over the last ten years . |
| 21 | to his brain , then they comes the next day , oh no that was it , they , then they , we left it , we left it , we left it , he kept saying we might have to make a decision , erm your dad 's leg deteriorated he 's got no circulation in his legs at all , we 've found a pulse in his left leg but we ca n't find one in his right , he said I think you 're gon na have to make the decision of amputation oh god , anyway comes Monday came off ventilator and of course he could n't talk |
| 22 | The surgeon 's face appeared on a level with my own : ‘ We 've found a tumour in your spinal cord which we think is the cause of your troubles . ’ |
| 23 | But we 've got a fraction in it , so what would you what would you do ? |
| 24 | One of the issues is we 're not quite sure whether we 've got a change in our planned spend , which is what makes the , the comparison against budget look as bad as it currently does , or whether in fact we genuinely are gon na over-run significantly . |
| 25 | We 've got contracts in New York , we 've got a contract in Mexico worth several hundred million pounds . |
| 26 | We 've got a boy in the sick bay . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's no use me doing nothing now and wondering why we 've got a problem in March . ’ |
| 28 | I said we 've got a duvet in my wardrobe . |
| 29 | We 've got a drop in income in all areas . |
| 30 | Well , we 've got a baby in our house . |