Example sentences of "we [vb base] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bailey gives me instant coffee and a plate of Tesco jam doughnuts , still in their plastic packet , and we sit at a dusty picnic table outside , slapping off flies . |
| 2 | If we look at a random list of typical game structures we shall find that they reflect some of life 's common interactions and are obviously just as important in drama . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if we look at a later decision-making episode in the same project when the pupils are temporarily in role as Indians who have to decide whether or not to receive a white stranger into their midst ( p. 53 ) , this is more likely to have been played seriously as a real game for by then the children , after several lessons on the same project , were steeped in the material sufficiently deeply to respect the rich complexity of the problem . |
| 4 | formula , and substituting for Nl the total of unique ( initials/date of birth/sex ) identity codes generated by the first prevalence study for each of the four townships , for N2 the 15 individuals nominated for each township during the snowball sampling ( that is , excluding the zero stage ) , and for X the number of identity codes occurring in both samples , we arrive at a total user population of 814 for these townships during the prevalence period . |
| 5 | This process can be traced back until we arrive at a single cell which was formed at the moment of conception by the fusion of two parental germ cells , i.e. one egg and one sperm cell . |
| 6 | Allowing the manuscripts greater weight than usual , and with the help of one or two new witnesses , we arrive at a different interpretation . |
| 7 | erm Southwell centenary , which is next year if you recall , erm we 've at a previous meeting I raised this erm the point with councillors that next year is our centenary of our formation , we do n't have any archives unfortunately , er they were lost in the last sort of decade . |
| 8 | Many astronomers have thought that these very distant and powerful sources are simply quasars that we see at a special angle , but the new statistical analysis seems to rule this out . |