Example sentences of "and we [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 2 | But when we observe two or more elements and we wish to define a relationship between them , we often turn to a third form of abstraction : we project a feeling quality onto the relationship . |
| 3 | The problem was then pointed out to us and we had to employ a plumber to put matters right . |
| 4 | We used to do needlework and we had to make a needlework apron in gingham , with lots of pockets for your buttons , and your thread , and your bottle of gin and all that … . |
| 5 | I was a passenger in a microlight and just after taking off the engine spluttered and we had to make an emergency landing . |
| 6 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |
| 7 | Anyway , forty six and then we had no house , at all , because my mother had died and my father , we said to my father you leave if you want to we should be alright we 'll find somewhere to go and we did n't and we had to have a Nissan hut for about a year , supplied by the Council |
| 8 | Upon reaching Tarbes as forecast , the cloud base was around 600 to 800 feet and we had to fly an ILS approach . |
| 9 | And we had to keep an eye open for police patrols . |
| 10 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 11 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 12 | After that point , I started to write some much more original stuff and we began to find a style of our own . ’ |
| 13 | In pr proof terms Chairman , we want to have a go at the District Health Authority and we want to have a go at the Regional Health Authority . |
| 14 | All average rents on our stock across the whole of the south east is twenty seven pounds a week erm , I think is , is the figure now the bulk of that funded down to the old er regime that we had from the housing corporation where we got er , a lot more grant and we had the residual line and the money we 've had to borrow ourselves for the scheme was actually from the corporation themselves that all changed in the ninety eighty eight housing act and we now get a fixed er , sum of monies , it 's fixed percentage of local cost from the housing corporation and the balance has to be borrowed from a private lender just like anybody else going out and and buying a home , if you like er , from a , a bank , from a building society or somebody like that and we have to charge a rent er to the property that will repay that loan and , the way in which we actually do it is , is we charge a lower rent and actually who pays the rent quite substantially below that er , because erm the rent on these properties if we i if we charge what the the housing corporation 's grant as it 's set would be round about ten , twelve pounds more expensive than that . |
| 15 | There 's an old saying do n't get mad , get even , and the only way we 're gon na get even with this government and we have to learn a lesson from history , is to do to this government what unfortunately we had to do in nineteen seventy nine and if any government deserve to be taken on , then it 's this Tory government . |
| 16 | She clings on to me as we go up the stairs and we have to rest a couple of times on the way . |
| 17 | She said we did a an experiment and we tried to perm a girl 's hair with Head and Shoulders |
| 18 | Although Sigarup 's so thin now , it was a difficult weight to carry and we needed to rest a lot . |
| 19 | We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation . |
| 20 | We are using increasing amounts of recycled paper and we plan to launch a range of recycled paper products . |
| 21 | ‘ I was late and we decided to call a taxi . |
| 22 | ‘ I was late and we decided to call a taxi . |
| 23 | ‘ I was late and we decided to call a taxi . |
| 24 | Obviously we needed additional colleagues , and we decided to involve a number in the Education Department , who were willing to work with us . |
| 25 | We knew , from our travels around the country , that there were many buildings standing empty and derelict , and we decided to start a register , firstly to try to assess the scale of the problem and secondly to try to foster interest in their repair and restoration . |
| 26 | Every three or four hours the trawl was winched alongside and we battled to pass a rope round the " cod end " which held the fish , using the roll of the boat to help us . |
| 27 | And we need to put an end to the rumour about Stansted I mean it 's ridiculous |
| 28 | And we need to fix a value on changes in future population , These questions are the subject of lively debate in philosophy and economics . |
| 29 | Consequently it is vital that messages can be left in Oxford and we need to establish a system to cover your phone ( by diverting calls or whatever ) continuously between 9.30 and 5.30 . |
| 30 | ‘ We are second from bottom and we need to get a result . |