Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] we [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … labels make us feel exclusive . |
| 2 | The priest made us sit next to him on footstools ; he bent his red face towards us and whispered that we should become the angels of our homes and his . |
| 3 | In fact , though , McGurk and MacDonald ( 1976 ) have shown the extent to which we use information about the position of a speaker 's lips to help us recognise spoken words . |
| 4 | Magazine articles , in an attempt to help us improve that image , advise us to stand sideways on , without our clothes , before a long mirror , and check up honestly on our general shape . |
| 5 | ‘ We would also like to appeal for funds to help us finance this event . |
| 6 | The historical background provided in this chapter helps us understand some of these diagnoses as well as some of the prescriptions . |
| 7 | Neither today nor in the future do we make any claims whatsoever on territory in Poland or in any other neighbouring country . " |
| 8 | Once only in the rest of the New Testament do we meet this title , in 1 John 2:1 . |
| 9 | He does n't come with a lot pious platitudes and and charming words to make us feel better . |
| 10 | When does the sun make us feel hot ? |
| 11 | This distinction falls beautifully into place with the view of syntax which we sketched in Chapter 1 , but before explaining precisely how the two sorts of qualification work let us consider some more data from English . |
| 12 | Again , an understanding of biologically and psychologically based emotions helps us understand such social movements , many of which seem irrational and beyond explanation . |
| 13 | And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority . |
| 14 | And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in . |
| 15 | Only after his father 's return to England in July do we possess any report of activity on his part . |
| 16 | Our Guider makes us do that . ’ |
| 17 | Without any precise calculations let us assume this is £8 a week . |
| 18 | I shall be elaborating upon this point in a short while , but for the moment let us observe that fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete , ineffectual and impoverished . |
| 19 | Our society and culture , together with our spiritual awareness , has built a structure over the years to help us remember those people and events that have done much to determine the kind of lives we live today , and that part of the structure that relates to the Royal Air Force has , of course , a special interest for our Association . |
| 20 | The powers of the European Community are not vested in the Community and then , as it were , the Community lets us have some crumbs from the table . |
| 21 | Lies are essential in life , says Professor Loyal Rue — not only do we lie to others , we tell ourselves fibs to make us feel better . |
| 22 | Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes . |
| 23 | If all three of these things make us explore new territories of the imagination , the flight of ten blue-lined Steps which rise to a pinnacle in the room next door is another matter all together . |
| 24 | What guarantee do we have that , when we have to converge with , for example , the Greeks , Portuguese and Italians , the money transferred from our pockets to theirs will not merely impoverish us and give money to those who have not earned it while we have to work harder for less and pay higher interest rates ? |
| 25 | okay bung it in Gungadin Do we need any more cereal ? |
| 26 | What evidence do we have that the alien means us no harm ? |
| 27 | If we put the old name do we get one mark ? |
| 28 | ‘ Once these countries have actually made substantial investments in a chemical arsenal , what guarantees do we have that they will eventually be willing to throw it away ? ’ asked Elisa Harris , a chemical weapons at the Brookings Institution . |
| 29 | What guarantees do we have that some of that imported coal is not part of the German coal laundered in Rotterdam with coal from other countries ? |
| 30 | Our mass communications make us take such processes for granted : we must remember that television and jet-travel have greatly expanded and accelerated the volume and intensity of such exchanges . |