Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] we the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 2 | This was made explicit by Louis Agassiz , a Swiss who had in 1840 recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe and thus given us the idea of ice ages . |
| 3 | He said he 's at the home and everything 's going alright and he 's saying he 's already sent us the , the , the invitation , but I have no invitation |
| 4 | Tories , long , short and tall , queued with the stoicism that had once made us the envy of the world . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you 've always told us the truth — but what are you talking about ? ’ asked Rose . |
| 6 | It 's also given us the new agreement on working time which our own government have tried to work against consistently for the last two years , they now say they 'll challenge it in Europe 's Court of Justice , well what they seem to forget is it 's got ta come back to Parliament for a second reading yet and they 've created such ill feeling in the Parliament and among the Commission , that it 's likely to be strengthened , we 're gon na end up with a strengthened agreement on working time by the autumn of this year . |
| 7 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 8 | Why have they never given us the understanding of how to contact this inner voice ? |