Example sentences of "[vb -s] we [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what we actually are possibly seeing is ourselves coming out of the trough so therefore part of it 's a training curve , but we do need to see that training curve start to come down and get back on to a level but we do n't know where the level is , that 's what worries us at this stage . |
| 2 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 3 | The outcome of the struggle between environment and development interests observed during much of the 1980s , still to be seen today , confirms us in this conclusion . |
| 4 | That she , who has always denied any further consequences of their evil — ‘ A little water clears us of this deed : /How easy is it then ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Which , ’ Benjamin continued , ‘ leads us to this sudden change in the Queen 's mood . |
| 6 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 7 | A couple of years of university so familiarises us with this idea that literature dissolves entirely into the drudgery of reading and writing crit . |
| 8 | Jesus releases us from this addiction by revealing himself as the willing servant , humbled to the point of death , submitting his will to the will of God . |
| 9 | He reminds us of this erm he says that , At that time in nineteen eighty the Panel felt that they were n't convinced it was necessary to include such a sweeping up policy since there 's a whole battery of other policies in the plan which were designed to protect erm the special parts of the countryside in the county . |
| 10 | The first beatitude shocks us with this blunt realization that true happiness is reserved for children and the poor . |
| 11 | John Betjeman leaves us with this vignette : |
| 12 | ‘ But Tess , what 's the good of you playing at marrying gentlemen , if it leaves us like this ! ’ |