Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , I refused Toby 's offer of a drink , and we agreed to sleep on the problem and talk again sometime during the following day . |
| 2 | Well , the first one we got kicked on the head because take the pension . |
| 3 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 4 | Last year we got caught on the break too many times … this year we have the pace/organisation to deal with that … and Lukic is nt bad at 1 on 1 's … |
| 5 | We must move on , because we 've got to have a commercial break , and then we want to check on the traffic . |
| 6 | By March 1989 Paddy Hopkins of MEG was arguing against the type of short-term development involved in mining and in favour of development based on indigenous , renewable natural resources , especially on the tourist and leisure industries : ‘ We want to concentrate on the development of tourism to provide jobs , not the short-term benefit — perhaps five years — which mining would bring ’ . |
| 7 | The weather was better for the flight back along the north coast , and we got views of the 8,000-foot-plus Picos de Europa which we 'd missed on the way down . |
| 8 | ‘ If he came back and found we 'd made off by ourselves , he 'd go back to Tara and tell them we 'd reneged on the bargain , ’ finished Snodgrass . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'd got on the train at Morpeth and threw letters out at Darlington , saying we were going abroad and hoping somebody would pass the letters on . |
| 10 | What have we got to get on the way home ? |
| 11 | With a little shiver , she muttered awkwardly , ‘ Well , go on , then , or are we going to stand on the ladder all day ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ How are we going to get on the Shuttle ? ’ he said . |
| 13 | Mr Gordon Brown , shadow trade secretary , asked : ‘ Why have we had to rely on the Ombudsman to confirm the mismanagement , the maladministration and incompetence that was widely known more than a year ago ? ’ |
| 14 | We like to concentrate on the pop stuff in a few tracks and indulge in the more experimental stuff with the rest . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . |
| 16 | And what sort of things might we have to encounter on the road ? ’ |
| 17 | We started necking on the sofa , and she undressed , and suggested the bedroom . |
| 18 | When , what was the date we started recording on the tape ? |
| 19 | So , at the very last minute we decided to perform on the lawn outside the main building . |
| 20 | Denise Wong , the artistic director of the company and director of the piece says , ‘ We wanted to look at mothers , but it is such a vast topic that we decided to concentrate on the mother and daughter relationship , and the concept of unconditional love . |
| 21 | and , all , all we kept saying on the train coming down Bob and I oh I hope we can slide down the bannisters |
| 22 | Especially if we kept going on the course we 'd established . |
| 23 | Have we yet reached the point at which we would be awarded damages against the Meteorological Office because we went camping on the day of an unforecast hurricane ? |
| 24 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We aim to build on the success of last year . ’ |
| 25 | No you have to get a bucket of water and flush it with a bucket , what we did have on the sink in the brew house was a a , a about a couple of foot square and on the top of that was an old pump handle , well that water used to drain all the rainwater from the roof all rainwater from the roof used to drain into that well that was sunk in the brewers , so that we could pump water out of the little well , so that we could have soft water for doing the washing , rainwater , otherwise it meant going to the standpipe in the , out in the yard to get your water for washing . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , it is very important that , before we start legislating on the scale that the Opposition advocate , we make very sure that we are doing so on a sound factual basis . |
| 27 | What are we going to do about the bad and how do we propose to build on the good . |
| 28 | If we wish to reflect on the nature of the body we must in succession examine the body first as being-for-itself and then as being-for-others . |
| 29 | Well , almost , in this particular bay it 's fine , we know it 's a public beach , we 've checked on the map . |
| 30 | Or rather , about how to try to tell it : since whether any such action of yours succeeds in doing what you want ( giving your tellee a true belief ) will depend as we 've seen on the truth of the beliefs which you also need in order to make you undertake that action . |