Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] we [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 2 | I would have dallied longer but the venerable Bere came down to wish us farewell . |
| 3 | The Noriega government was a special case , and even then the Bush and Reagan administrations showed restraint for years before moving in to protect US lives . |
| 4 | I sent a letter to Mrs Thatcher saying if she was so hard up as only to pay us 40p , then she could have the money back . ’ |
| 5 | Joy , Alan and I stayed with him , and Miss Prescott left his side only to get us coffee and sandwiches , and later scotch and sandwiches , as we waited . |
| 6 | The lady prioress , a pure wool cloak wrapped around her , came down to bid us adieu . |
| 7 | That is why we do a little aerobic exercise every day — just enough to make us puff and exercise our heart without over-doing it . |
| 8 | I know this is a bit of an affront to our high opinion of ourselves as human beings , er , of course many people regard it that way , but erm my view is that er we ca n't expect science necessarily to tell us things we want to hear . |
| 9 | This , and many companion volumes on overseas registers which Air-Britain produces , are much more serious volumes than those spotters ' guides of yore , their contents likely to prove as useful to aircraft dealers , brokers , insurers , buyers ( and tax inspectors ? ) as they do to the binocular-and-bobble-hats brigade , not to mention we scribblers , who occasionally have a compelling need to know how many PA-28s there are in the country ( a lot ) or whether the Miles Student jet trainer is still extant ( it is ) . |
| 10 | And he used always to buy us shoes and boots … |
| 11 | The training we were to receive was later to help us teenagers when most of us enlisted into the services . |
| 12 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 13 | Bertie held his candle up to show us frescos of four saints beneath the dome , and then more robed figures around the walls , four archangels and the angel of the fiery furnace . |
| 14 | He has planted himself and his small company betimes ; indeed , apart from the few native people as I say , there is no one here to give us hindrance in our enterprise . |
| 15 | Will he give an undertaking today to give us information on recruitment levels , retention levels and the position of one base as compared with another before such a report is produced ? |
| 16 | Six US warships were stationed off the Liberian coast in early June with a contingent of 2,000 marines , officially to safeguard US citizens and installations , and if necessary to assist the evacuation of remaining US diplomatic staff and civilians . |