Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can guess that , despite a natural growth process , we all experienced a series of early betrayals as our mother expected and encouraged us to grow up and slowly emphasized her separateness and difference . |
| 2 | He then made careful research into the reserve fuel lifted and found we all returned with about 23% of our fuel . |
| 3 | Anyway , I really was going to take the spell off straight away , but of course you have to go hopping off and get caught and land us in this mess . ’ |
| 4 | For years they have educated and delighted us . |
| 5 | Usually perhaps there was a servant , but my mother did everything for us ii the house , made many of our clothes and mended them , prepared and gave us food , tended us when sick , comforted us when cold , disappointed , or sorrowful . |
| 6 | As one man expressed it : ‘ When all 's said and done we have to get a product out and the management are interested in how cheap it can be done and although it means sacrificing the worker it means one has a cheap product . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We asked for ordinary Russians , but the embassy must have misunderstood and sent us some of the country 's creme de la creme . |
| 8 | The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing . |
| 9 | This brings a feeling of emptiness that can never be filled and leaves us with a hunger for more . |
| 10 | The boeuf Gardiane which followed brought tears to our eyes ; we had been overwrought and dropping with fatigue , and while the food we had already eaten had cheered and comforted us , it was n't until the cover was taken off the dish of beef stew and we smelt the wine and the garlic and the rich juices and saw the little black olives and the branches of wild thyme which had scented the stew laid in a little network over the meat , that the tension vanished . |
| 11 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 12 | A Banker 's Order would help us enormously and if you are able to fill in the form enclosed and send us £5 a month we will send you a FREE copy of our monthly magazine ‘ Sanity ’ . |
| 13 | We are both happy with the contract we have got and feel we have the ability to control the situation . |
| 14 | It has challenged and tested us in many ways . |
| 15 | ‘ Now I will have to sit at home with my fingers crossed and hope we get the right result . ’ |
| 16 | ( But do n't forget that you still need to make sure you start with the right sum insured and to tell us if you improve your home or add to your possessions . ) |
| 17 | It is very much appreciated and gives us a competitive advantage . |
| 18 | When you have showered and shaved we shall deliver it together . ’ |
| 19 | The work of other researchers has in many different ways helped to shape our work , to influence what we have asked and to make us more sensitive to what we have heard . |
| 20 | gone and left us , half past eight , we were in bed by quarter to nine and |
| 21 | A reporter 's job is to stay put and tell us what she can , even if it means crawling to objectionable people . |
| 22 | Anyway , we 've waited and waited we 've rung and we 've rung ! |
| 23 | Look kindly on the tasks we have begun and assist us in our further undertakings . |
| 24 | The baby 's mother has since married and informs us that , at great expense , she has had our grandson 's name changed by Deed Poll to that of her new husband . |
| 25 | However if they want to be juggled and redesigned we will do that at no extra cost . |