Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] we [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twists and turns of Goldwyn 's life can become tedious , since he was so often fighting the same battles ; and the extent of his involvement in the industry means that Berg continually digresses to enlarge on some aspect of movie history , or introduces us to other personalities as they appear . |
| 2 | I have made mention elsewhere of the sense that warns us of impending danger , and will not labour the subject further beyond stating that this sense is a very real one and that I do not know , and therefore can not explain , what brings it into operation . |
| 3 | It is the capacity to feel , to reflect , to regret , to repent that distinguishes us from other creatures . |
| 4 | Yes , erm I think that puts us about half way now . |
| 5 | It symbolizes our social experience and locates us with social groups from which we draw our identities . |
| 6 | It beckons us , as old Hamlet did , ‘ with courteous action ’ , and tempts us to detailed study . |
| 7 | ‘ [ I ] t mystifies the real world and deprives us of any understanding of it ’ ; ‘ we become part of the symbolism of the ad world ; not real people but identified in terms of what we consume . ’ |
| 8 | Female sexuality and reproduction were seen particularly as representative of the mortality that separates us from the eternal and binds us to temporal corruptible life . |
| 9 | The right-angled Swastika symbolizes the centrifugal force which strives to release all things from the gravitational pull and propels us towards mental activity , growth and evolution . |
| 10 | My one reservation is that Mr Alexander denies himself expressive use of light and sound to convey atmosphere and leaves us with few memorable images . |