Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 We then drove inland , through the Buller Gorge and Murchison and up to St. Arnaud , a village at the head of Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park , where we stayed at the backpackers ' , the only accommodation available .
2 Where we stopped at the junction . ’
3 but now this last few years we , it 's a lot warmer winter than we , than we remember at the beginning
4 After the visit Avice said that " finding a solution will take longer than we thought at the end of last year " .
5 We have even 1,500,000 fewer children than we had at the time of the Boer War … .
6 We will know by the first of April this year rather more than we know at the moment but you 're right it can go up and down , but there are lots of budgets in Social Services which are subject to this and it 's part of our job to try and manage that during the course of the year .
7 We we well we 'd love to be able to get get on with our job and er wi with far less interference than we receive at the moment but er when government insists on er on interfering to the extent it does an and there have been well I 've been reading recently so something like five hundred new powers the Education Secretary has given himself in the in over the last last few years .
8 We should be looking to educate and train all people a lot more than we do at the moment where driving is concerned , so that from the very moment you pass your test you can feel confident , other people can feel confident and we can all have confidence on the road .
9 Sir Patrick said : ‘ There is in my belief , and in my experience , a profound desire amongst everyday people in Northern Ireland , right across the community , that the politicians should resume talks , because there is a recognition that there has to be a way of securing a less antagonist way of living in a divided society than we have at the moment . ’
10 For many of us , Betty Jackson 's clothes are simply too expensive so we jumped at the chance to feature the latest Betty Jackson Vogue patterns .
11 Alright but in any double logged mode , right , the coefficients you estimate are elasticities , so we look at the incoming elasticity , we get a measure , or we get an estimate point six eight , right , that 's a positive as we would expect suggesting that er erm textiles are a normal good , right .
12 ‘ But the demand is coming from the young so we look at the educational side to cut that demand . ’
13 Once we arrived at the house she asked us whether we would go and pick up someone else from the doctor 's surgery who she worked with .
14 Cos we lived at the top of the second hill , opposite erm Doctor s er house , the famous eye surgeon .
15 The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home .
16 The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home .
17 The restaurant was still standing but I suspected some unpleasantness had taken place as neither of them said a word until we arrived at the hospital again .
18 And let's face it , ’ he added with a malicious smile while he examined his fingernails , ‘ with a government like we have at the moment we 're encouraged to do so .
19 ‘ The hard part is still to come and I know I wo n't be given any big money to strengthen the squad , even if we stay at the top .
20 Since the Opposition , clearly , try to make the worst of the current figures , would it not give a truer picture if we looked at the figures of only five years back ?
21 However , if we looked at the total costs of using the vehicles one could argue that by using reducing balance the repair costs in later life would be compensated by the additional depreciation in earlier years so achieving a matching of costs and revenues over the assets ' life .
22 This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use .
23 If we start at the top
24 If we start at the top instead of the bottom it 'd be a bloody sight more efficient .
25 If we play at the level we have produced against the provinces we are not going to win . ’
26 But if we look at the chemistry and other science portrayed in comics and illustrated periodicals , we can see an interesting shift in public attitudes over the past few decades .
27 Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task .
28 After all , if we look at the inheritance of many genetic characters such as human height or skin-colouring , it does not look like the work of indivisible and unblendable genes .
29 If we look at the internal organs there is not much to distinguish a chimpanzee 's heart or liver from our own .
30 Perhaps it is those on low incomes , watching others getting richer , who are prepared to break the law ; if we look at the statistics of actual law-breaking , after all , criminal prosecutions are most often brought against people from the poorer sections of society ( Baldwin and Bottoms 1976 ) .
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