Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] we [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in this area , the attempt to impose US guidelines on competition were reversed . |
| 2 | DRUG prices were criticised as ‘ shocking ’ yesterday by the US president , Bill Clinton , as he launched a $300 million programme to get US children immunised . |
| 3 | He might have spotted something slightly different in my attitude last summer because the timing of the ICC decision to reprieve us rebels virtually coincided with Tuffers ' return to the Middlesex side after recovering from his stomach operation . |
| 4 | The temporary success of Greenpeace in preventing the dumping of noxious wastes in the North Sea by actually boarding the dumping vessel is an object lesson to those still locked in the non-violent action syndrome , like those in the campaign to close US bases in Australia and the anti-uranium movement . |
| 5 | Castro subsequently admitted that he had been opposed to the removal of the missiles , and his adamant refusal to allow US inspections to be carried out on Cuban territory ( despite Soviet pressure ) testifies to the anger and resentment that he felt over the fact that matters which vitally affected Cuban sovereignty were settled without his knowledge or consent . |
| 6 | The old man instructed his grandson to bring us cushions . |
| 7 | There used to be a chap told off every day to fetch us beer in two nine-quart cans . |
| 8 | They have wheeled out Miss Piggy and Co in the studio limo to give us Dickens 's Christmas Carol starring a suitably dyspepsic Michael Caine as the dreaded Scrooge . |
| 9 | I will go even further while I am in an expansive mood and say that we often look at what happens north of the border to give us inspiration and we then follow . |
| 10 | Of course today there are no real guns — only a radio ground station playing the role to give us practice in procedures . |
| 11 | Look at us now , on this wild heathland with only the grass and the sky to keep us company . |
| 12 | It is very rare for a farmer to allow us access to his fields once he has seeded them . |
| 13 | We shall expect the Spirit to bring us assurance that we are indeed the sons of God , and conversely we shall be careful not to deny that any Christian people , any sons of the heavenly Father , possess the Spirit of adoption . |
| 14 | The most excellent and beaky anti-sex-symbol Bob Peck won one , for his spell-binding performance as Northern ‘ tec Ronald Craven , and American Joe Don Baker was fab as Agent Jedburgh — interestingly , he was paid more than any of the British actors , grafted on to the show to appease US backers . |
| 15 | As we are small in numbers we can find it as we go , for maximum flexibility , but I will book us into a lodge for 2 nights on arrival to give us chance to find our feet again . |
| 16 | We can employ our talent around the world to give us news across a much wider perspective . |
| 17 | ‘ It has been estimated that building a new abattoir from scratch to meet US rules would cost about 5 per cent more than an EC approved type , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 18 | Caught in the middle of the rumbling European Community-US trade skirmishes , which threaten to deteriorate into all-out trade war that would benefit nobody apart from posturing politicians with abnormally over-developed egos , British Telecommunications Plc has launched a judicial review to try and escape Community legislation that restricts its ability to purchase US telecommunications equipment . |
| 19 | They invited the Spanish and local press to watch us train , which is exactly the opposite of what we were hoping for . |
| 20 | A pity they did not have TV to show us Christmas cattle grazing the Alpine pastures . |
| 21 | The Socialist parties suffered from the consequences of the Second International 's theory of revolution in stages ( which led the Argentine Socialist Party to support US interventions in the Caribbean ) and its under-estimation of the power of nationalism . |