Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] we [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were then posted to 406 Sqn RCAF where we converted to Beaufighters . |
| 2 | At midday Romany cut the engines , and Milhaez steered the barge into a narrow inlet where we moored between the bank and a low island of reeds and stunted palms . |
| 3 | We were glad to reach Rangoon which at that time of the year , early March , was very hot , and so Pop sent us up to Taungin-in the Shan States where we stayed with a delightful elderly American missionary , Miss Hughes . |
| 4 | We are aware that socially and economically we have more in common with our opposite numbers in the Republican ( Catholic ) side than we have with loyalist ( Protestant ) big-wigs . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we know even less about the inspection methods of these inspectors than we do of HMIs . |
| 6 | We should warn you that next March 12th another police constable will be on foot duty in Convent St. , and should he notice a repetition of your behaviour , we shall have to consider the possibility of taking even more stringent action than we have on this occasion . |
| 7 | We seem to know more about car maintenance than we do about our own bodies . |
| 8 | The criteria of sameness and difference offer few ways of separating out peoples once we rise above the level of locality . |
| 9 | After the victory at the sea the triumph song , but hardly have the last notes escaped Israel 's lips than we come to the second story of complaint ( 15.22–7 ) . |
| 10 | And , again no doubt rightly , we need no more have illusions about the motives of those leading the coalition than we did about Stalin , Churchill or Roosevelt — the second world war analogy . |
| 11 | We did the shopping together ; we went out for walks if we felt like it . |
| 12 | ‘ If you have a bad result like we had against Norway then of course you need something like this tour . |
| 13 | We continue now along the Rua da Carreira , past the many small restaurants and bread and cake shops until we come to a street on the right called Rua do Quebra Costas which will take us to the English Church , hidden behind a high wall in a large garden . |
| 14 | ‘ We wo n't know the precise composition of their side until we arrive in Scotland tonight but while they are unlikely to parade any big name players , England have tremendous strength in depth ’ , said Mavis today . |
| 15 | ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together ? ’ |
| 16 | And , say Armitages Pet Products , we 're also buying them presents if we go on holiday without them . |
| 17 | We can not live in isolation if we wish to be close to God . |
| 18 | And anyway , what about all the other equally correct continuations which never crossed our mind until we came to them ? |
| 19 | French filmmakers produce several hundred movies a year , while in Britain and Ireland we declare a boom if we get into double figures . |
| 20 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
| 21 | It is an acceptable shorthand if we understand by it that students learn how to form a relationship with what they learn . |
| 22 | As adults , we face the fact that our charming sympathetic introduction to animals becomes more complicated and that we are not fair to ourselves or to the animals if we identify with them . |
| 23 | But we 've got to live by their rules and not expect privileges because we happen to be women . ’ |
| 24 | Some of the costs are met by head office — it gets all of the revenue because we sell in this country — but in the case of France where we have a separate legal entity , what we 're after is contribution statements by unit of accommodation for the UK revenues , and one or two other costs with those French locally incurred expenses . |
| 25 | We are a voluntary body , but thankfully are able to influence the decision-makers because we have among our members those with local knowledge and with expertise in many disciplines relevant to our work . |
| 26 | In the process she had made a lightning circumnavigation of the British Isles and was now steaming hard down the west coast while we returned by the eastern route . |
| 27 | He kissed me in the back of the car while we waited for the others , but nothing moved in me . |
| 28 | Let's bear them in mind while we turn to the next step in choosing . |
| 29 | Charles and I are so sorry to miss you and most grateful to you for guarding our chattels while we gallivant round Italy . |
| 30 | We left them on the boat while we wandered into the town to discuss with Sunsail a fuel tank that a previous charterer had filled with water instead of diesel . |