Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 2 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 3 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 4 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 5 | ‘ We do go for a certain amount of fragility . |
| 6 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 7 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 8 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 9 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 10 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 11 | In the end we had to settle for a hurried and depressing buffet in the North British Hotel , with a menu which would not have been out of place at a Sunday-school picnic . |
| 12 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 13 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 14 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 15 | we wanted to go for a wee meal erm afterwards and it meant er made an awfully late night with the , having the baby-sitter , got Christine next door coming in to baby-sit . |
| 16 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 17 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 18 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 19 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 20 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 21 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
| 22 | So we have to hope for a fine day for this on Sunday , obviously . |
| 23 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 24 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | In addition to the cultivated crops , we need to allow for a wide range of wild plant resources . |
| 26 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |