Example sentences of "[pron] in [adj] [noun sg] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 2 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 3 | We all have a responsibility not to misuse or abuse anything , be it in any belief we may hold or driving a car . |
| 4 | At the words ‘ Porto de ’ ciechi e miseri mortali' in the madrigal ‘ O morte , eterno fin ’ Rore writes what in modern terminology we should call a succession of C major , A major , B minor , G major , C major , and G minor chords . |
| 5 | If it were put to us in this way we might be less prone to think of it as imposing a vastly increased burden on the community . |