Example sentences of "[vb pp] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice I asked Ward about this , the first time just after we had come out of the cloud on the eastern slope of the pass and had caught our first glimpse of Cajamarca far away in the valley below , and then again when we stopped at the Baños del Inca to ask our way , the hot springs steaming beside the public baths . |
| 2 | Since handling of tools and weapons requires precise manipulation of the fingers and thumb , a dextral bias in hand preference for wielding these implements might have predisposed our earliest ancestors towards the use of the right hand for gestural communication . |
| 3 | By the way , the ‘ box ’ had a had a hole in it ; disconnecting it from the air intake manifold and replacing it with a blank plug seems to have solved our original problem with no immediately apparent side-effects . |
| 4 | But here the lyrical content is downright embarrassing , with ‘ White ’ ( ‘ We have forgotten our spiritual nature ‘ Cause we are wrapped up in too much shit/All day/All night ’ ) , ‘ Full Tilt ’ ( ‘ Gunfire ricochet off my halo . |
| 5 | Clustered in the doorway of the stone hut , intent and fascinated by the spectacle before us , we had forgotten our own fighters . |
| 6 | When designed our 486 PC , we made no compromises . |
| 7 | Obviously this does not signify that we have resolved our specific problem of " being women " nor that militancy can be the panacea which allows us to find our own identity . |
| 8 | Once again , you will see that we have located our imaginary hotel in a genuine town . |
| 9 | Again , you will see that we have located our imaginary units in real towns . |
| 10 | I 've booked our early morning calls . ’ |
| 11 | We have already dropped our International Tax section and this is the last issue to include European Briefing : both sections had relatively little support from readers . |
| 12 | Friendly rivalry with underground workers has earned our opencast miners the coal industry nickname : ‘ the sunshine miners ’ - ( features , pages 10/11 ) . |
| 13 | Actually , we have earned our quiet time , for six months continuously in action is enough for anybody … ’ |
| 14 | No fewer than twenty lucky readers have won our third prize of a Recta D0310 compass and a 905 Liquipak . |
| 15 | You seem to have impressed our number-one driver as well , because he too has asked if you could be released to work closely with him for the rest of the season . |
| 16 | For example , if we are to see a major confluence of the world 's financial markets , we need to have prepared our financial structure and planning in good time to take advantage of such changes . |
| 17 | Unwittingly we had strapped our two youngsters , then aged two and four , into their seats and pedalled towards danger . |
| 18 | Travel has undoubtedly broadened our culinary horizons and ingredients that were only ever found in markets on holidays abroad are now readily available in specialist shops and large supermarkets . |
| 19 | For over 40 years we 've built our solid base and sound banking system in the Tokyo metropolitan area , Japan 's vigorous economic centre . |
| 20 | Geoff Allen , who has served Northampton as player and official for 30 years , said : ‘ What does stick in the throat is that Shelford , who has made our leading players better players , will probably have to sit on his backside while apparently some other overseas players can come and go as they please . ’ |
| 21 | We Anglicans have made our fair contribution of hurts to the unreconciled body of Christ . |
| 22 | ‘ We have made our own management team , to control and reinvest profits into the group . |
| 23 | We had made our own Garden of Eden . |
| 24 | The deal was we made our own beds and fed on board . |
| 25 | With the acquisition of in 1987 inherited a fleet of 12 bulk malt delivery vehicles — we had transferred our own fleet to a contract hire operator two years earlier . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've always said our Double success came out of failure . |
| 27 | And when she has fed our little William and tucked him into bed . ’ |
| 28 | 9.00 pm , and we are fed our complimentary supper of sausages and mash — hardly the food of love , unless you 're a particularly staunch Freudian — and head stodgily back to the dance-floor . |
| 29 | The lad has done a lot for the club out in the middle and in the dressing room , but has n't answered our prime need — someone to knock over the opposition . |
| 30 | I consider that I B M strives to be a good employer and that it 's long established belief in respect for the individual has shaped our personal policies to reflect these needs within our community , and for example , our equal opportunity principles prevent us from considering race , colour or sex , when offering someone employment or promotion . |