Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] we [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We allowed them to see us at our most absurd . |
| 2 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 3 | These proud people who carry all their possessions with them pity us for our rooted existence in cities . |
| 4 | ‘ I registered us as Mr and Mrs Wyatt . ’ |
| 5 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 6 | I want us to be together in the next life . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Because I want us to be friends . |
| 8 | ‘ I want us to be friends . ’ |
| 9 | ’ I want us to be positive , even though Chelsea deserve respect because of the very impressive run they 've had . |
| 10 | I want us to be friends . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I want us to be clear about what we 're doing . |
| 12 | ‘ Whatever Scotland 's team , I want us to be creative enough to make the Maltese worry without being in any way self conscious about problems that are in the past , ’ concluded the national coach . |
| 13 | I want us to be where we belong , at the very heart of Europe . |
| 14 | ‘ What have I got us into ? ’ |
| 15 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 16 | I exclude us from that category . |
| 17 | The only danger to me is someone hearing us in here , getting alarmed , calling the police , maybe . |
| 18 | The first thing we need is someone to save us from our sins ! |
| 19 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 20 | You know , because I think we as parish council would have thought that we were interfering if we suggested that we should go to observe somebody 's group meeting . |
| 21 | I think we as a town , do n't want to lose , we got precious few buildings , for community use , and I think we need to look at this to the different light now . |
| 22 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 23 | There is evidence around the country particularly in , in , in , in Milton Keynes where that sort of arrangement applies and I think we as a County Council as the waste er as the Disposal Authority must make sure that we put in place arrangements which will encourage that sort of thing to happen . |
| 24 | But I think we with the wet stuff we 've had going through , the chute is blocking up . |
| 25 | Chairman Michael started off on a nice tripartisan note which er I think we on this side er did appreciate and it 's true that this panel er has agreed a great deal , covered a lot of ground and er I think er avoided the sort of er , er controversy etc. , etc. , was which we 're now caring now we are arranging in practical groups does mean the Labour groups has introduced a sound note er Brian started off by saying that the Conservatives er were not interested in an economic development strategy , er I must point out that and this activity derives from the local government managing act nineteen eighty nine , and by the present Government . |
| 26 | I think we in Europe have been a bit slow to recognise that we are in a totally new era . |
| 27 | the er sweets and er chocolates etcetera that er we received , erm I think we in fact er , erm yeah well I , we obviously appreciate them very much because er they were something that we a lot of and erm I know that er , that you must know that when you er were out in Ipswich , Framlingham or around about that er you met up a group , there was a group of children and I 'm sure you heard the er familiar up , chum . |
| 28 | She took a painting someone gave us as a wedding present . |
| 29 | like I said we at least to go on one complex exercise every month which , although they ca n't physically make you go on it there was , you know , they more or less made you go sort of thing pay to do and then we were there the other weekend we had one of these weekends where be more fun , really hard work though it 'll be more fun for |
| 30 | Usually it was someone congratulating us on having won a free dancing lesson or test drive ; but there were quite a few grumpy wrong numbers , which made us feel at home . |