Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Why did our large country , our wise and old and very large country , begin to think so small that we became a nation of losers , a country of discount shopkeepers content to bask in the glory of our heritage . ’ |
| 32 | Can I ask would that seriously if it were limited or by virtue of the panel report having identified this problem we reported that we saw a problem if it included B eight , would that be a problem from the point of view either Harrogate or Selby if B eight was in effect , if not in the policy itself , excluded ? |
| 33 | ‘ I suppose you could say that we got a lot of interesting , philosophical reflections on national characteristics , the inadequacy of police methods , his own probity and old-fashioned virtues . |
| 34 | Knew directly I saw him put her in a wheel-chair that we 'd a cardiac on our hands . |
| 35 | But break things down we must so that we get a sense of scale . |
| 36 | The implications for us are that we shall have to find it very hard to ensure that we get a share of that grant to spend on implementation of the Food Safety Act . |
| 37 | We need to ensure that we get a ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle which can operatate the whole year round and open the island much more to tourist traffic and economic development . |
| 38 | parish council meeting early so that we get a committee meeting . |
| 39 | And , what did you say that we get a lot of claims on carriage forward ? |
| 40 | No longer do we take it for granted as meaning that we get a job in a company , or an industry , with the hope and intention of learning new skills , gaining experience and becoming part of an enterprise , in turn passing on skills and giving others the benefit of our experience . |
| 41 | But that we get a balance right between the amount of regulations an and the cost of it but that it is in a sense , effective and and the plea I would make to my honourable friend when he considers this P I A prospectus and what should be done and wh to what extent the government feels it should support it , is that what we actually want is not a specific requirement that says you 've got to have this much , that much capital erm and so on , but that there is a function , there is a regular audit trail , there is a a regular , annual look at the figures , the accounts of all these intermediaries , er and firms where the difficulty has been er in the past . |
| 42 | Very little was found of either body , but Winnie was so loved that we arranged a remembrance service for her the following Sunday . |
| 43 | Right , it 's been suggested by Councillor that we write a letter to . |
| 44 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 45 | We would like to point out that we manufacture a range of acrylic varnishes and acrylic floor coating for domestic and industrial use , which are completely safe to use and are non-hazardous . |
| 46 | Fairness requires that we judge a defendant on the facts as he or she believes them to be . |
| 47 | Erm I , I ca n't say that we sold a lot of them I , I , and I have n't seen a lot about at all , er it 's a very good idea I mean two , there 's mainly two different types , one that was held up by pins which was , was quite good er and erm and there was another one which was held up by erm a pin which ran , which the flex ran through , a stud rather than a , a pin and er two little black legs on it , was very good . |
| 48 | He added : ‘ It is more important than the general election itself that we maintain a constitution that has served us well for generations , and ought not to be lightly tampered with for party political purposes in the midst of the general election . ’ |
| 49 | We are required by the Copyright Act to have a written request before we can supply the copy , for which the law demands that we make a charge . |
| 50 | Would it be the , the will of the general assembly that we take a vote on the amendment that has been , the addendum that has been made to number two at this stage ? |
| 51 | One question that we raised a number of times is |
| 52 | We are very conscious of the fact that we remain a North Western company supported by North Western customers and a North Western staff . |
| 53 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 54 | So that we hold a window open for . |
| 55 | To say that crime is functional and necessary for society 's health is to say that we must always ensure that we retain a stock of people whom we humiliate , imprison or ( perhaps worst of all ) regard as suitable cases for treatment . |
| 56 | It 's just a special , because it 's a special fraction that we use a lot we just give it a special name and call it percentage , but any time someone says to you like er what 's , let's try this one , now you were saying about point seven five and things |
| 57 | To that we added a night keeper and relief , brackets B two six four close brackets , and an allowance for physical help during the day charged at the crossroads rate which brought the total up to thirty three thousand five hundred and twenty eight pounds and twenty pence . |
| 58 | Suppose now that we cut a number of adjacent bonds so as to constitute a crack , then of course we have interrupted the flow of stress in the broken chains and the load in these broken chains has got to go somewhere ( 1c ) . |
| 59 | There 's a final question , which is not connected to the passage : ‘ Why did the preacher select the gospel reading that we heard a moment ago to accompany this story of Elisha ? ’ |
| 60 | At Plowden was a road bridge built of transverse timbers with gaps in between ; it was here , on one of our journeys , that we sighted a cow with all four legs fallen through the gaps and its horns waving over the line ; Cadwallader ( the guard ) had had to pull it by the horns with main force while the station master sat on its head and Whitaker slowly drew the coaches past . |