Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] we [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
| 2 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 3 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 4 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 5 | Debt and dear money got us into it and , until we break debt 's grip , we shall never get out of it . |
| 6 | None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " . |
| 7 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 8 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 9 | In narratives as diverse as Jane Eyre and Great Expectations , we are aware , when reading , of a certain inevitability of outcome : the writer has us by the hand — in his or her hand , almost — and we know we will be led , not necessarily to a happy conclusion but that the narrative will be resolved at a place that feels safe and right , that leaves us satisfied . |
| 10 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’ |
| 12 | This schematic way of thinking channels us into an obscurantist cul-de-sac instead of regenerating our culture . |
| 13 | This call from the black side equips us with a challenge to put to the whites . |
| 14 | In summary , the sociological perspective outlined earlier in this chapter orientates us towards examining the social construction of ideas about child abuse . |
| 15 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 16 | The public invisibility and the self-policing that are so central to lesbian and gay oppression place us in quite a different position , socially and economically , from each of these other groups . |
| 17 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 18 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 19 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 20 | It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on . |
| 21 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 22 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 23 | Perhaps disappointingly , after all this thought to protection from viruses , we have not been seriously attacked : the worst that happened was an attempt to lead us into an adventure game . |
| 24 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 25 | Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas . |
| 26 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 27 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |
| 28 | While the Australian and Pakistan examples quoted above serve to illustrate the variety of provisions and problems which may emerge under the rubric of ‘ rural education ‘ , Sher 's thinking leads us to an awareness of the uniqueness of the situation in a country school whatever its location . |
| 29 | When your agent contacts us via Viewdata or telephone to make a ‘ firm ’ booking , they will be given a ‘ Booking Reference Number ’ which will be entered on the booking form . |
| 30 | " If we do n't run into any trouble and the brook takes us through the wood , " he thought , " we really shall be clear of the warren and then we can look for somewhere to rest for a bit . |