Example sentences of "[coord] [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 | It symbolizes our social experience and locates us with social groups from which we draw our identities . |
3 | It beckons us , as old Hamlet did , ‘ with courteous action ’ , and tempts us to detailed study . |
4 | ‘ [ 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 . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |