Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] we [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum and Dad and six kids , there was four in one bedroom , me sister , me and her my Me two sisters in the slept in in a double bed in me Mam 's bedroom and we four lads slept in the back bedroom w w whi which was just just big enough to get a double bed in , as you can see , and there was two that slept at the top , and two slept at the bottom . |
| 2 | It is a horrifying thought because a good , well trained polisher would have served a seven year apprenticeship and we contemporary furniture-makers can not pretend to get near that knowledge and experience . |
| 3 | Plants consume carbon dioxide , releasing the oxygen that we other species require , completing in our turn the full circle by ‘ burning ’ carbon and breathing out carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | Surely we must keep out of that arms process , if we are to maintain our nation 's influence in the peace process that we all hope will succeed . |
| 5 | We certainly can make no statements about economic welfare unless we first convert national income into real national income per capita . |
| 6 | Those who are out for good times race but we lesser mortals chat and laugh , banter and encourage . |
| 7 | November is the kind of month that we year-round walkers cherish . |
| 8 | It risks , however , giving the impression that what matters is not the quality of life as we each experience it in our individual consciousness , but simply what takes place in some objective world — which seems a betrayal of the whole point of utilitarianism . |
| 9 | I presume the , the update will also say something about our finalising when we re- issue procedures . |
| 10 | Blaming the other is a common phenomenon and we all resort to it at times , whether justified or not . |
| 11 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 12 | We mused quietly on the fact that we prosaic Brits do n't give our winds dramatic-sounding names like our cousins across the Channel . |
| 13 | But he still liked to use the window , maybe just to maintain the impression that we mere humans were here to serve him . |
| 14 | Well we took your mother and we that time . |