Example sentences of "[prep] we [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then coming towards us appeared His Excellency , President Camille Chamoun … |
| 2 | So we all had a good laugh at the sparks and all of us unzipped our flies and peed in the river whether we wanted to or not . |
| 3 | You understand that it is a condition of us accepting your booking that you take out for yourself and for those for whom you book our recommended holiday insurance ( details on page 15 ) , or that you arrange a policy yourself giving comparable or better cover under all sections . |
| 4 | ‘ None of us speaks your language , Lord . |
| 5 | The three of us pick our way across the pot-holes past a couple of lock-up garages into the patch of waste ground that leads to the blocks of flats . |
| 6 | The three of us cleaned our plates pretty thoroughly , because morning is the busiest working time in practice and I was always famished by midday . |
| 7 | Most of us hurt our faces and our legs . |
| 8 | Among snatches of conversation , both of us remember his referring to the underground as being rather like hell . |
| 9 | After lunch one day we went for a walk in the nearby woods , my mother remaining at home with the two younger children and the rest of us accompanying my father and my aunt . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither of us kept our voice down . |
| 11 | Since the mid 1980s , increased public awareness of healthy eating has made many of us rethink our diets . |
| 12 | He appeared unrepentant and impassioned in favour of us developing our nuclear muscle — for defence . |
| 13 | During those early seventies , despite the avalanche of heterosexism that constantly slid in our direction , including the virulent expressions of women-hating propounded by Father Church , a group of us waged our own war at the patriarchal system . |
| 14 | No , well how many of us know our local policeman ? |
| 15 | With planning it is possible for all of us to clarify our thoughts about our hopes and future needs . |
| 16 | The rest of us made our way to a farm where we were given tea and biscuits . |
| 17 | He calls us by name , and his relationship to each one of us fits our own person uniquely . |
| 18 | At the Confirmation Mass each of us had our special responsibility as musician , reader or at the preparation of the gifts . |
| 19 | By the end of the day each of us had our own small nest-egg of vivid memories to take home and treasure . |
| 20 | Many of us had our suspicions , but because he covered his tracks so well no one has ever been able to prove anything . |
| 21 | Just as well one of us had his mind on the job . ’ |
| 22 | Many of us ask our students to act at some points in our lessons . |
| 23 | The bravest of us raised her hand and asked by what authority the Maoist Women 's Liberation Front had commandeered the stage , and seen fit to hand out reams of papers as proposed discussion documents . |
| 24 | Eight of us took our places in the small but crowded cinema . |
| 25 | So four of us took our stirrup pumps and torches and picked our way through what was a minefield . |
| 26 | But the likelihood is that everyone else is consuming the same product ; with the inexorable rise in the number of books in print , there are now approaching 600,000 different titles to choose from , allowing each of us to tailor our reading precisely to our own individual needs and preferences . |
| 27 | The day after our Confirmation many of us began our work-experience from school — a good reminder for us of our new role as Catholic adults in God 's world . |
| 28 | The problem is that it would be in the self-interest of any one of us to withhold our contribution , let everyone else contribute , gain free health care and keep the cash . |
| 29 | ‘ But neither of us allows our feelings for the other to get in the way of all the things we have to do . |
| 30 | None of us wants to be murdered , raped , or robbed ; none of us wants our property stolen , smashed , or destroyed , none of us wants our bodies punched , kicked , bitten , or tortured . |