Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 2 | Moreover , we should concentrate less on the education of an élite , and more on the average standards of attainment . |
| 3 | Nothing would do but we must go out on the river . |
| 4 | For that we must rely more on the intentions and attitudes of potential parents , and the importance of children for parents , and cast our ideas rather wider , beyond economic trends and family finance . |
| 5 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll go up on the roof , ’ John said . |
| 7 | Then we 'll go out on the road . |
| 8 | Give me a moment or two to change my clothes and leave a note for Jules , then we 'll go out on the town . ’ |
| 9 | We 'll start off on a real low now wo n't we ? |
| 10 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 11 | Yes , I spoke to Mo Magill , he 'll see us tomorrow morning , we 'll fly up on the shuttle , I do n't know what we 'll get , but … and I 've got a line into St Louis : there 's a thing called the Western Manuscripts collection at UMSL — ghastly word , but they use it themselves , it means University of Missouri-St Louis — that latches on to the papers of operations like CCOAC , and they 've got them . |
| 12 | That one we 'll hang up on the |
| 13 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 14 | Erm so it 's worth doing that we I , cos I was gon na go I was gon na go Thursday and just come back on the Monday but as it is now we 'll go Wednesday and have Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday night , so we 'll come back on the Monday . |
| 15 | I think we might miss out on the er stimulant today Lynda . |
| 16 | We could go up on the railway sidings . ’ |
| 17 | Then we could go down on the line and wave it , ’ said Peter . |
| 18 | Only the score and what we could work out on the piano and what we were able to hear in the opera-house from singers like Mayr . |
| 19 | We 'd go out on the town , hit a few cocktail parties , go dancing , and I 'd drop a few hundred quid on a weekend . ’ |
| 20 | There was a stairway leading from our form room which had good acoustics and we 'd sit there on the steps , and I 'd be playing guitar and David would be singing . |
| 21 | We used to slide down on a tray , though we were in trouble if he caught us , mind ! |
| 22 | Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year . |
| 23 | And so erm we did n't wan na put them off and I like to be here because erm Bob likes to go on the Moor as well , so we shall go out on the Moor with the dog a couple of times |
| 24 | She clung to him and laughed a little through her sobs , and he said : ‘ We shall float away on a tide of your tears if you 're not careful . |
| 25 | Later we would sit outside on the terrace reading and drinking cold beer by candlelight ; translucent green geckos would hoover up the mosquitoes from around the flames as we read . |
| 26 | ‘ We made a pact , that even if we split up , we would meet up on the bridge again one day . |
| 27 | We will stop there on the way and I will leave you for a while to pay your respects . ’ |
| 28 | We will consult widely on the best way forward for nature conservation and countryside bodies , including independent boards for all national parks . |
| 29 | At other times we will focus only on the instruments , and here you can make effects that are almost abstract . |
| 30 | So there are two reasons why we will concentrate heavily on the human side in resolving doubt . |