Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The likeliest place for the specks to get into the product was in the ‘ Fluon ’ finishing Room so we set up a multi-disciplinary CAT of operators , supervisors , QC , QA and maintenance personnel headed by Finishing Room manager Jim Fairhurst . |
| 2 | Some had national flags flying from their rucksacks so we hung out a tiny Scottish Saltire . |
| 3 | At Naba we were overtaken by the hospital train and discovered that their food supply had run out , so we handed over a whole case of sausages and one of tinned peaches . |
| 4 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 5 | But for once the weather was fine , the place was right on the other side of the airfield on the edge of open country , so we wandered about a bit , picking wild flowers and so on , and on the way back in the truck who should we see approaching in the distance , on foot , but our old pal Flt Off Gregory . |
| 6 | We are inundated with rabbits , so we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top — the pigeons , caterpillars and slugs ate the lot . |
| 7 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 8 | Once we sent back a tape because it was too short . |
| 9 | ( Actually , until we carry out a properly calibrated experiment to measure the forces involved in both versions nobody will know for certain which is more powerful . ) |
| 10 | If we set up a regression formula ( or companion matrix ) for the cubic , we find the next factor to be ( unc + 1 ) , as we have already noted . |
| 11 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 12 | If we go back a few years , I do n't know how many people remember before we had DOPACS , I remember when projects used to come into the group from on high , they used to filter through the organization , until they landed on somebody 's desk who was actually supposed to carry out the work . |
| 13 | We have no choice but to deduce as much as we can about the baking of the cake from studying what happens if we miss out a constituent , alter the temperature or cooking time or whatever … |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't wait to see shear waters again , ’ I said brightly to the Warden when he came to check that we understood about Calor gas , to remind us to boil the drinking water and to tell us the exact procedure of what to do if we fell down a cliff . |
| 15 | If we make up a helical coil ( Fig. 4.2(b) ) the wires are going round always in the same direction so the voltages simply add and we may rewrite eqn ( 4.13 ) in the form |
| 16 | If we take out a joint mortgage , will she have to cash in her endowment policy so that we can take one out together ? |
| 17 | Do you mind if we move back a bit ? |
| 18 | If we turned up an hour late for a function in England we would be hammered by everybody . ’ |
| 19 | And there , for the time being , let us leave Vic Wilcox , while we travel back an hour or two in time , a few miles in space , to meet a very different character . |
| 20 | The reason I 'm here is I 've been friends with Jake ever since we met over a beer or three in Germany during my Jam days , I admire him as a lyricist and I think the group has a valid future . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Since we broke up a year ago I 've been through so many relationships , and my songs are now a lot more about being really fickle with women , and not knowing who I like , and being really insecure about who likes me . ’ |
| 22 | Erm and that was after we put out a referendum around the plant and we got a seventy eight response saying , No smoking . |
| 23 | This proved rather funny because when we went round a sharp bend , the cupboard door flew open , the porta-potty rolled out like a cheap-thrills show , and on the next bend it rolled back in again and the door closed ! |
| 24 | There were dances in the Hut by the Strathmore Arms and when we grew up a bit and thought our fathers would n't find out we would nip into the Strathmore Arms for a pint , on the few occasions we could afford . |
| 25 | What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel … |
| 26 | One question I did ask at the Fire and Public Protection Committees what happens when you do n't , when we bring in a unity authority status . |
| 27 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |
| 28 | When we turn off a cold tap a loud banging comes from somewhere and then stops . |
| 29 | It was dark when we took up a position among thick briars and long grass . |
| 30 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |